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SPANISH VERB

diluviar

to pour down

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: diluviando
  • Past participle: diluviado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. it pours down

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. it poured down

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. it used to pour down

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. it will pour down

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. it would pour down

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. (that) it pour down

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. (if) it poured down

How to use diluviar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    ¡Mira cómo diluvia, no se ve ni la calle!

    Look how it's pouring, you can't even see the street!

  2. Past

    Anoche diluvió y se inundó el garaje.

    Last night it poured down and the garage flooded.

  3. Imperfect

    Diluviaba tanto que el taxi no quiso subir al barrio.

    It was pouring so hard the taxi wouldn't go up to the neighbourhood.

  4. Future

    Según el parte, esta noche diluviará en toda la provincia.

    According to the forecast, tonight it'll pour down across the province.

  5. Conditional

    Con ese cielo negro, pensé que diluviaría en cualquier momento.

    With that black sky, I thought it would pour down any minute.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Como diluvie, no sale ninguna hermandad.

    If it pours, no brotherhood goes out.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Aunque diluviara, Manolo iría al Betis andando.

    Even if it poured, Manolo would walk to the Betis game.

Good to know

  • From "diluvio", the flood: it is raining as in Noah's day. "Llover a cántaros" says the same.

Where you hear diluviar

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Spanish · Fluency Level 2

  • En Sevilla casi nunca diluvia, pero cuando diluvia, se inunda todo. In Seville it hardly ever pours down, but when it does, everything floods.
  • Ayer diluvió, y llegamos a casa empapados. Yesterday it poured down, and we got home soaked.
  • Mañana va a diluviar. Mejor nos quedamos en casa. Tomorrow it's going to pour down. We'd better stay at home.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.