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SPANISH VERB

llover

to rain

  • #457 most used
  • Irregular -er verb
  • Gerund: lloviendo
  • Past participle: llovido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. it rains

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. it rained

Imperfect

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

  1. it used to rain

Future

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

  1. it will rain

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. it would rain

Present subjunctive

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

  1. (that) it rain

Past subjunctive

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

  1. (if) it rained

How to use llover

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

  1. Present

    En Veracruz llueve casi todas las tardes.

    In Veracruz it rains almost every afternoon.

  2. Past

    Anoche llovió muy fuerte, ¿oíste?

    It rained really hard last night, did you hear?

  3. Imperfect

    Llovía tanto que no salimos del hotel.

    It was raining so hard that we didn't leave the hotel.

  4. Future

    Dicen que mañana lloverá todo el día.

    They say it will rain all day tomorrow.

  5. Conditional

    Sin tantas nubes, no llovería tan seguido.

    Without so many clouds, it wouldn't rain so often.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Ojalá que no llueva el día de la boda.

    I hope it doesn't rain on the wedding day.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Si lloviera, nos quedaríamos a ver películas.

    If it rained, we would stay in and watch movies.

Good to know

  • Está lloviendo is "it's raining right now"; llueve a cántaros is "it's pouring".

Where you hear llover

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Beginner Level 1

  • Hoy está lloviendo mucho. It's raining a lot today.
  • Ayer llovió toda la tarde. Yesterday it rained all afternoon.
  • Mañana va a llover. Tomorrow it's going to rain.

Spanish · Beginner Level 2

  • En septiembre llueve todas las tardes. In September it rains every afternoon.
  • Llovió toda la tarde. It rained all afternoon.
  • Me parece que va a llover. It seems to me it's going to rain.
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I Like the Rain

Beginner Level 1 · lloviendo · Está lloviendo.

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Sometimes, Almost Never

Beginner Level 2 · llueve

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It Rained All Afternoon

Beginner Level 2 · llovió · llueve · Va a llover. · llovía

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Plans for Christmas

Beginner Level 3 · llovió

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Even If It's Expensive

Intermediate Level 1 · aunque llueva

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Telling the Story

Intermediate Level 2 · estaba lloviendo

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Even If You Step on My Feet

Intermediate Level 3 · aunque llueva

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Had I Known

Advanced Level 1 · de llover

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Don't Look at the Clock

Advanced Level 3 · allí llueve

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It Doesn't Wet You

Fluency Level 2 · Está lloviendo.

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -er verb.