How to Say "to rain" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “to rain” is “llover” — A1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.
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weather
Examples
Parece que va a llover esta tarde.
It looks like it's going to rain this afternoon.
Ayer llovió todo el día.
Yesterday it rained all day.
Está lloviendo muy fuerte.
It is raining very hard.
The 'It' Rule
In Spanish, you don't use 'it' for weather. Instead of saying 'It rains,' you just say 'Llueve' (Rains).
Vowel Swapping
The 'o' in llover changes to 'ue' whenever that syllable is stressed (like in 'llueve' or 'llueven').
Don't use 'Hacer'
Mistake: “Hace llover.”
Correction: Llueve.
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