rain

lluvia

Agua que cae de las nubes en forma de gotas.

En inglés sencillo: Water that falls from clouds in small drops.

• The rain has stopped.
• We walked home in the rain.
• Heavy rains flooded the fields last week.

Sinónimos: rainfall

Expresiones frecuentes: heavy rain, in the rain, light rain

lluvia

Gran cantidad de cosas que caen juntas por el aire.

En inglés sencillo: A large number of things falling through the air together.

• A rain of stones hit the roof.
• We sheltered from a rain of falling glass.
• The fire sent a rain of sparks over the yard.

Cómo se usa: a rain of something (A rain of sparks fell onto the floor.)

Sinónimos: shower

Expresiones frecuentes: rain of sparks, rain of bullets, rain of stones

llover

Caer gotas de agua de las nubes.

En inglés sencillo: When this happens, drops of water fall from clouds.

• It is raining outside.
• It rained all night.
• Will it rain tomorrow?

Cómo se usa: it rains (It rains a lot here in winter.)

Expresiones frecuentes: rain heavily, rain all day, rain again, rain hard

hacer llover

Lanzar o dirigir muchas cosas rápidamente, una tras otra.

En inglés sencillo: To send or deliver many things quickly, one after another.

• The boxer rained blows on his opponent.
• Critics rained insults on the director.
• The soldiers rained bullets on the building.

Cómo se usa: rain something on someone/something (The boxer rained punches on his opponent.); rain down something on someone/something (They rained down criticism on the new leader.)

Sinónimos: shower

Expresiones frecuentes: rain blows, rain something on someone, rain down something