To rain in Portuguese 🇧🇷

chover info.

Tips to Remember:
• Relate “chover” to “chuva” (rain) in Portuguese; thinking of rain falling helps you recall that “chover” means “to rain.”
• Imagine the sky “cho-ving” water down, associating the sound of the word with falling water.

Explanations:
• “Chover” is an impersonal verb, used only in the third-person singular form to describe the weather.
• It means “to rain” and is not conjugated for other persons (I, you, we, they).

Other Words with the Same Meaning:
• The expression “haver chuva” can also indicate that it is raining.
• You might also hear phrases like “estar chovendo” (literally “to be raining”) in colloquial speech.

Conjugations of “Chover” (Infinitive Form):
Indicative Mood:
 • Present: chove                     (e.g., Hoje chove.)
 • Preterite Perfect: choveu                (e.g., Ontem choveu.)
 • Imperfect: chovia                     (e.g., Quando eu era criança, chovia com frequência.)
 • Future: choverá                     (e.g., Amanhã choverá.)
 • Conditional: choveria                   (e.g., Se estivesse frio, choveria mais.)

Subjunctive Mood:
 • Present: que chova                   (e.g., Espero que chova amanhã.)
 • Imperfect: se chovesse              (e.g., Se chovesse, cancelaríamos o passeio.)
 • Future: quando chover                (e.g., Quando chover, desligue a rua.)

Examples in Sentences:
• "Hoje chove." – "It is raining today."
• "Ontem choveu bastante." – "It rained a lot yesterday."
• "Se chover amanhã, vamos ficar em casa." – "If it rains tomorrow, we will stay at home."
• "Quando chover, as ruas ficam molhadas." – "When it rains, the streets get wet."

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