rain - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Verbs

to rain  | rained, rained |	llover
to rain on so.'s parade [coll.]	arruinar el día a alguien
to rain on so.'s parade [coll.]	fastidiar los planes de alguien
to take a rain check (or: raincheck) on sth.  | took, taken |   chiefly  (Amer.) [fig.] [coll.]	declinar una invitación
to take a rain check (or: raincheck) on sth.  | took, taken |   chiefly  (Amer.) [fig.] [coll.]	rehusar hacer algo
to take a rain check (or: raincheck) sth.  | took, taken |   chiefly  (Amer.) [fig.] [coll.]   - postpone	aplazar algo
to take a rain check (or: raincheck) sth.  | took, taken |   chiefly  (Amer.) [fig.] [coll.]   - postpone	posponer algo
to take a rain check (or: raincheck) sth.  | took, taken |   chiefly  (Amer.) [fig.] [coll.]   - postpone	postergar algo
to take a rain check (or: raincheck) sth.  | took, taken |   chiefly  (Amer.) [fig.] [coll.]   - postpone	suspender algo
to rain on so.'s parade [coll.]	hacer la pascua a alguien [coll.]

Nouns

rain [METEO.]	la lluvia
acid rain [ENV.]	lluvia ácida
rain cape	el impermeable
rain check   or: raincheck	el vale
rain check   or: raincheck	el bono
rain cover	el alero
rain forest   or: rainforest	selva tropical
rain shield	el alero
rain forest   or: rainforest	bosque húmedo tropical   - selva tropical
rain forest   or: rainforest	la pluviselva   rarely: pluvisilva   - selva tropical
rain quail [ZOOL.]	codorniz coromandélica   Lat.: Coturnix coromandelica   [Ornithology]
rain gauge [METEO.]	el pluvímetro
rain gauge [METEO.]	el pluviógrafo
rain gauge [METEO.][TECH.]	el pluviómetro

Adjectives / Adverbs

rain  adj.   - before noun	pluvial
rain-proof   or: rainproof  adj.	impermeable  m./f.

Phrases / Collocations

to rain buckets	llover a mares
to rain pitchforks	llover a mares
to rain stair rods	llover a mares
to rain cats and dogs	llover a mares
to rain cats and dogs [coll.]	caer un chaparrón
to rain cats and dogs [coll.]	caer chuzos de punta [fig.]
to rain cats and dogs [coll.]	llover a cántaros [fig.]
come rain or shine	como sea
come rain or shine	pase lo que pase
(as) right as rain [coll.]	más sano (or: sana) que una manzana [fig.]
(as) right as rain [coll.]	rebosante de salud
(as) right as rain [coll.]	sano, sana  adj.
to leave so. out in the rain [fig.]	dejar a alguien tirado [fig.] [coll.]
to leave so. out in the rain [fig.]	dejar a alguien a la estacada [fig.]

Examples

Don't forget your umbrella. Rain has been forecast for today.	No te olvides del paraguas. Han dado lluvia para hoy.
It's going to rain tomorrow.	Va a llover mañana.
My shoes are wet from walking in the rain.	Mis zapatos están mojados por caminar bajo la lluvia.
She was walking when, suddenly, it started to rain.	Ella estaba caminando cuando, de pronto, empezó a llover.
The start of the race was delayed due to the rain.	El comienzo de la carrera se retrasó debido a la lluvia.
You should take an umbrella, it looks like it will rain.	Deberías tomar un paraguas, parece que va a llover.
If it rains on Saturday, perish the thought, the party will be cancelled.	Si llueve el sábado, ojalá que no, se cancelará la fiesta.
We waited until it stopped raining to go outside.	Esperamos hasta que dejó de llover para salir.
When it rains, I like to wear orange clothes, because it's a very cheerful colour.	Cuando llueve, me gusta ponerme ropa naranja, porque es un color muy alegre.

Orthographically similar words

akin, Aran, brain, bran, brin, drain, gain, grain, gran, grin, Iran, Main, main, pain, raid, rail, rainy, rand, rank, rant, rein, rind, ring, rink, ruin, train, vain

afín, Aran, crin, Gran, gran, Irán, orín, raíl, raíz, rali, rana, Rana, rand, Rin, riña, ring, ruán, ruin