llover a cántaros
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llover a cántaros(
yoh
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behr
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kahn
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tah
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rohs
)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.).
1. (idiom) (general)
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
a. to rain cats and dogs (idiom)
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
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)
Regionalism used in the 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 (colloquial) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
Ahora no podemos salir, está lloviendo a cántaros.We can't go out now. It's bucketing down.
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