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How to Say "Heavy Rain" in Spanish

3 ways to talk about heavy rain weather in Spanish — from tourist-friendly to local fluency.

Tourist Simple survival phrases anyone can say
Llueve mucho.
YWE-veh MOO-cho
It rains a lot.
Simple intensifier
Expat Natural conversational sentences
Está lloviendo muy fuerte, mejor espera un poco.
Es-TAH yo-VYEN-doh MOO-ee FWER-teh, meh-HOR es-PEH-rah oon POH-ko
It's raining very hard, better wait a bit.
Practical advice, natural sentence
Local Idioms and expressions that sound native
¡Está cayendo un palo de agua increíble, no se ve nada!
Es-TAH ka-YEN-doh oon PAH-lo de AH-gwah een-kreh-EE-bleh, no seh veh NAH-dah
A stick of water is falling incredibly, you can't see anything!
palo de agua = Caribbean/Colombian idiom for downpour
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