chover

Senses

1. 1.

   to rain

   precipitation falling from the sky

2. 2.

   to pour in, to shower down

   to arrive or fall in large quantities (figurative)

Examples

• "Está chovendo muito hoje."

  It's raining a lot today.

• "Choveu a semana inteira em São Paulo."

  It rained all week in São Paulo.

• "Choveram reclamações depois do anúncio."

  Complaints poured in after the announcement.

Usage

Chover is an impersonal verb when referring to weather, used only in third person singular (chove, choveu). Common expressions include "chover canivetes" (to rain buckets, lit. penknives) and "chovendo no molhado" (stating the obvious, lit. raining on the wet). In figurative uses with plural subjects, it can be conjugated in third person plural.