To rain in Italian 🇮🇹

piovere info.

Tips to remember "piovere":
• Associate "piovere" with the English word “pour” – when it rains, water pours from the sky.
• Remember that this verb is impersonal in Italian, so you'll almost always encounter it in the third-person singular form (piove).

Explanations:
• "Piovere" means “to rain” and is used only in impersonal constructions. You never say “io piovo” or “tu piovi”; the weather “piove” (it rains).
• The verb is irregular and predominantly used only in the third-person singular. When discussing the weather, you'll typically use forms like “piove” or compound tenses such as “ha piovuto.”

Other words with similar meanings:
• “Scrosciare” – used to describe heavy or torrential rain.
• “Battere (la pioggia)” – can be used to express the idea of a heavy, persistent rain (though less common as a direct substitute).

Conjugations of "piovere" (impersonal, only 3rd-person forms):

Indicative Mood:
• Present:
  piove          (eg. “Oggi piove.” – “It’s raining today.”)
• Imperfect:
  pioveva         (eg. “Ieri pioveva tutto il pomeriggio.” – “Yesterday it was raining all afternoon.”)
• Past Absolute (Passato Remoto):
  piovve         (eg. “Nel 1882, piovve per giorni.” – “In 1882, it rained for days.”)
• Future:
  pioverà         (eg. “Domani pioverà.” – “It will rain tomorrow.”)

Compound Tenses (using the auxiliary verb “avere”):
• Present Perfect:
  ha piovuto      (eg. “Quest’ora ha piovuto molto.” – “At this hour, it has rained heavily.”)
• Pluperfect:
  aveva piovuto     (eg. “Dopo che aveva piovuto a lungo, le strade erano allagate.” – “After it had rained for a long time, the streets were flooded.”)
• Future Perfect:
  avrà piovuto     (eg. “Entro domani, avrà piovuto abbastanza da inondare i campi.” – “By tomorrow, it will have rained enough to flood the fields.”)

Subjunctive Mood (often used in weather expressions or subordinate clauses):
• Present:
  piova          (eg. “Spero che domani piova per rinfrescare l’aria.” – “I hope it rains tomorrow to cool the air.”)
• Past:
  abbia piovuto     (eg. “È strano che ieri non abbia piovuto come previsto.” – “It’s strange that it didn’t rain yesterday as expected.”)

Examples of sentences:
1. “Oggi piove e le strade sono bagnate.”
  Translation: “It’s raining today and the streets are wet.”
2. “Quando piove, mi piace bere una cioccolata calda a casa.”
  Translation: “When it rains, I like to drink hot chocolate at home.”
3. “Ha piovuto per tutta la notte, causando qualche allagamento.”
  Translation: “It rained all night, causing some flooding.”

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