SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

llover

to rain

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Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

llover: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yo—
tú—
impersonal formllueve
nosotros / nosotras—
vosotros / vosotras—
ellos / ellas / ustedes—

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

llover: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yo—
tú—
impersonal formllovió
nosotros / nosotras—
vosotros / vosotras—
ellos / ellas / ustedes—

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

llover: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yo—
tú—
impersonal formllovía
nosotros / nosotras—
vosotros / vosotras—
ellos / ellas / ustedes—

Future Futuro simple

Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.

llover: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yo—
tú—
impersonal formlloverá
nosotros / nosotras—
vosotros / vosotras—
ellos / ellas / ustedes—

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

llover: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yo—
tú—
impersonal formllovería
nosotros / nosotras—
vosotros / vosotras—
ellos / ellas / ustedes—

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.

llover: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yo—
tú—
impersonal formllueva
nosotros / nosotras—
vosotros / vosotras—
ellos / ellas / ustedes—

Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.

This table shows the impersonal weather use (“it rains”). The source also describes personal forms for figurative uses.

Meaning & usage

  • to rain

English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗

Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations

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