piovere

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *plŏvĕre, present active infinitive of *plŏvō, for Classical Latin pluere, present active infinitive of pluit, pluō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjɔvere/
• Hyphenation: piò‧ve‧re

Verb

piovere

1. (intransitive, impersonal) to rain
2. (intransitive, impersonal, by extension) to drip
3. (transitive) (takes essere as auxiliary) (of rain water) to fall (from the sky)

   piovono le goccie via via più grandi

   bigger and bigger (rain)drops are falling

4. (transitive, familiar, figurative, by extension) (takes essere as auxiliary) to fall from above

   piovono sassi

   stones are falling down

5. (transitive, familiar, figurative, by extension) (takes essere as auxiliary) to come in large quantities

   piovono insulti da ogni parte

   insults are flying in from all angles

   (literally, “coming in large quantities from everywhere”)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of piovere

infinitive	piovere
auxiliary verb		essere or avere	gerund		piovendo
present participle		piovente	past participle		piovuto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	—	—	piove	—	—	piovono
imperfect	—	—	pioveva	—	—	piovevano
past historic	—	—	piovve	—	—	piovvero
future	—	—	pioverà	—	—	pioveranno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	—	—	pioverebbe	—	—	pioveranno
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	—	—	piova	—	—	piovano
imperfect	—	—	piovesse	—	—	piovessero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		—	piova	—	—	piovano

Related terms

• pioggia
• piovigginare
• piovoso
• ripiovere
• spiovere