What does piovere in Italian mean?
What is the meaning of the word piovere in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use piovere in Italian.
The word piovere in Italian means rain, fall, rain down, pour down, fall out of the sky, rain heavily, subscriptions rolling in, votes rolling in, raining cats and dogs, fall from the sky, add fuel to the fire, make matters worse, exacerbate. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word piovere
rainverbo intransitivo (pioggia: cadere) (intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.") Sta piovendo; dovremo rimandare il nostro picnic. It's raining; we have to postpone our picnic. |
fall, rain down, pour downverbo intransitivo (cadere dall'alto con violenza) (intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.") Dalle mura della città assediata pioveva una tempesta di frecce. A flurry of arrows rained down (or: fell) from the city walls. |
fall out of the skyverbo intransitivo (figurato (capitare inaspettatamente) Con l'eredità di suo zio gli è piovuta addosso una fortuna. Money just fell out of the sky when he received his uncle's inheritance. |
rain heavilyverbo intransitivo (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
subscriptions rolling in, votes rolling in
(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.") |
raining cats and dogs
(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
fall from the sky
You can't expect money to start pouring from the sky. |
add fuel to the fire, make matters worse, exacerbate(negative) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") |
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