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How to Say "Raining" in Spanish

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

Tourist Simple survival phrases anyone can say
Llueve.
YWE-veh
It rains.
Single verb, simplest
Expat Natural conversational sentences
Está lloviendo bastante fuerte.
Es-TAH yo-VYEN-doh bas-TAN-teh FWER-teh
It is raining quite hard.
bastante = quite/enough, natural intensifier
Local Idioms and expressions that sound native
¡Está lloviendo a cántaros, mejor quedarse en casa!
Es-TAH yo-VYEN-doh ah KAN-ta-ros, meh-HOR keh-DAR-seh en KAH-sah
It's raining pitchers, better to stay home!
a cántaros = in pitchers, classic Spanish idiom for heavy rain
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