rain

pioggia

Acqua che cade dalle nuvole in piccole gocce.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: rainfall

Espressioni comuni: heavy rain, in the rain, light rain

pioggia

Grande quantità di cose che cadono insieme dall’alto.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: a rain of something (A rain of sparks fell onto the floor.)

Sinonimi: shower

Espressioni comuni: rain of sparks, rain of bullets, rain of stones

piovere

Cadere acqua dalle nuvole sotto forma di gocce.

In inglese semplice: When this happens, drops of water fall from clouds.

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

Come si usa: it rains (It rains a lot here in winter.)

Espressioni comuni: rain heavily, rain all day, rain again, rain hard

far piovere

Mandare o scagliare molte cose rapidamente, una dopo l’altra.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si 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.)

Sinonimi: shower

Espressioni comuni: rain blows, rain something on someone, rain down something