llover a cántaros

to rain cats and dogs

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An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g. Everybody please stand up.).

intransitive verb phrase

1. (idiom) (general)

a. to rain cats and dogs (idiom)

Estuvo lloviendo a cántaros todo el fin de semana.It was raining cats and dogs all weekend.

b. to pour

En esta región casi nunca llueve, pero, cuando llueve, llueve a cántaros.It hardly ever rains in this region, but when it does, it pours.

c. to pour down

Aquí llueve a cántaros. - Pues aquí hace mucho sol.It's pouring down here. - Well, here it's really sunny.

d. to pour with rain (United Kingdom)

Está lloviendo a cántaros, y el agua se está acumulando en el patio porque el desagüe no funciona.It's pouring with rain, and water is accumulating in the patio because the drain doesn't work.

e. to bucket down

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(United Kingdom)

Ahora no podemos salir, está lloviendo a cántaros.We can't go out now. It's bucketing down.

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