"rain cats and dogs" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-rain cats and dogs.ogg Forms: rains cats and dogs [present, singular, third-person], raining cats and dogs [participle, present], rained cats and dogs [participle, past], rained cats and dogs [past]
Etymology: Unknown, but see examples of early use in Citations. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=rain cats and dogs}} rain cats and dogs (third-person singular simple present rains cats and dogs, present participle raining cats and dogs, simple past and past participle rained cats and dogs)
  1. (impersonal, idiomatic) To rain very heavily. Tags: idiomatic, impersonal Categories (topical): Rain Derived forms: cats and dogs Related terms: come down in stair rods Translations (to rain very heavily): أَمْطَرَ بِغَزَارَة (ʔamṭara bi-ḡazāra) (Arabic), tut ucundan, göyə çıx (Azerbaijani), Gwelet a ran da gazh er jardin (Breton), вали́ като из ведро́ (valí kato iz vedró) (Bulgarian), ploure a bots i barrals (Catalan), 㴙㴙落 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 落狗屎 (lok⁶ gau² si²) (Chinese Cantonese), 傾盆大雨 (Chinese Mandarin), 倾盆大雨 (qīngpéndàyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 暴雨如注 (bàoyǔrúzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), lít jako z konve (Czech), padat trakaře (Czech), pijpenstelen regenen (Dutch), regenen dat het giet (Dutch), pluvegi (Esperanto), sataa kaatamalla (Finnish), sataa äkäisiä ämmiä äkeet selässä (Finnish), sataa kuin saavista kaataen (Finnish), pleuvoir des cordes (French), pleuvoir à verse (French), pleuvoir des hallebardes (French), pleuvoir comme vache qui pisse (French), pleuvoir à boire debout [Quebec] (French), dracher [Belgium] (French), pleuvoir à seaux (French), arroiar (Galician), diluviar (Galician), chover a chuzos (Galician), chover a cachón (Galician), chover a Deus dar auga (Galician), chover a caldeiros (Galician), კოკისპირული წვიმა (ḳoḳisṗiruli c̣vima) (Georgian), Bindfäden regnen (German), in Strömen regnen (German), βρέχει με το τουλούμι (vréchei me to touloúmi) (Greek), ρίχνει καρεκλοπόδαρα (ríchnei kareklopódara) (Greek), ρίχνει καντάρια (ríchnei kantária) (Greek), zuhog, mintha dézsából öntenék (Hungarian), vera mígandi rigning (Icelandic), rigna eldi og brennisteini (Icelandic), pluver torrentialmente (Interlingua), sceana gréasaí a chur (Irish), piovere a catinelle (Italian), diluviare (Italian), scrosciare (Italian), piovere come Dio la manda (Italian), 土砂降りになる (doshaburi ni naru) (alt: どしゃぶりになる) (Japanese), 비가 억수같이 쏟아진다 (bi-ga eoksu-gachi ssodajinda) (Korean), høljeregne (Norwegian Bokmål), høljregne (Norwegian Bokmål), regne sinte kjerringer (Norwegian Bokmål), høljeregne (Norwegian Nynorsk), ausregne (Norwegian Nynorsk), lać jak z cebra (Polish), o céu vir abaixo (Portuguese), chover a cântaros [Portugal] (Portuguese), chover a potes [Portugal] (Portuguese), cair um toró [Brazil] (Portuguese), chover canivetes [Brazil] (Portuguese), ploua cu găleata (Romanian), лить как из ведра́ (litʹ kak iz vedrá) (Russian), liať ako z krhly (Slovak), llover a cántaros (Spanish), llover a mares (Spanish), ösregna (Swedish), spöregna (Swedish), stå som spön i backen (Swedish), bardaktan boşalırcasına yağmak (Turkish), şakır şakır yağmur (Turkish), (trời) mưa xối xả (Vietnamese), (trời) mưa như trút (Vietnamese), bwrw hen wragedd â ffyn (Welsh)
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          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
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          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "Gwelet a ran da gazh er jardin"
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          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "ploure a bots i barrals"
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          "roman": "lok⁶ gau² si²",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "落狗屎"
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          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "傾盆大雨"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qīngpéndàyǔ",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bàoyǔrúzhù",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "暴雨如注"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "lít jako z konve"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "padat trakaře"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "pijpenstelen regenen"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "regenen dat het giet"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "pluvegi"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "sataa kaatamalla"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "sataa äkäisiä ämmiä äkeet selässä"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "sataa kuin saavista kaataen"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "pleuvoir des cordes"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "pleuvoir à verse"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "pleuvoir des hallebardes"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "pleuvoir comme vache qui pisse"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "tags": [
            "Quebec"
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          "word": "pleuvoir à boire debout"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dracher"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "pleuvoir à seaux"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "arroiar"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "diluviar"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "chover a chuzos"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "chover a cachón"
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "chover a Deus dar auga"
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          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳoḳisṗiruli c̣vima",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "კოკისპირული წვიმა"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "Bindfäden regnen"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "in Strömen regnen"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "vréchei me to touloúmi",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "βρέχει με το τουλούμι"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ríchnei kareklopódara",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "ρίχνει καρεκλοπόδαρα"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ríchnei kantária",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "ρίχνει καντάρια"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "zuhog, mintha dézsából öntenék"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "vera mígandi rigning"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "rigna eldi og brennisteini"
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          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "pluver torrentialmente"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "sceana gréasaí a chur"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "piovere a catinelle"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "diluviare"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "scrosciare"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "piovere come Dio la manda"
        },
        {
          "alt": "どしゃぶりになる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "doshaburi ni naru",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "土砂降りになる"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bi-ga eoksu-gachi ssodajinda",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "비가 억수같이 쏟아진다"
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        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "høljeregne"
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        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "høljregne"
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          "code": "nb",
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          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "regne sinte kjerringer"
        },
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          "code": "nn",
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          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "ausregne"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "lać jak z cebra"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "o céu vir abaixo"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "ploua cu găleata"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "litʹ kak iz vedrá",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "лить как из ведра́"
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          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
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          "code": "es",
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          "code": "es",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
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          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
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          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to rain very heavily",
          "word": "(trời) mưa như trút"
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      "word": "أَمْطَرَ بِغَزَارَة"
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      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
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      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "Gwelet a ran da gazh er jardin"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "valí kato iz vedró",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "вали́ като из ведро́"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "ploure a bots i barrals"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "roman": "lok⁶ gau² si²",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "落狗屎"
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      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
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      "word": "㴙㴙落"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "傾盆大雨"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qīngpéndàyǔ",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "倾盆大雨"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bàoyǔrúzhù",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "暴雨如注"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "lít jako z konve"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "padat trakaře"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "pijpenstelen regenen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "regenen dat het giet"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "pluvegi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "sataa kaatamalla"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "sataa äkäisiä ämmiä äkeet selässä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "sataa kuin saavista kaataen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "pleuvoir des cordes"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "pleuvoir à verse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "pleuvoir des hallebardes"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "pleuvoir comme vache qui pisse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "tags": [
        "Quebec"
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      "word": "pleuvoir à boire debout"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dracher"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "pleuvoir à seaux"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "arroiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "diluviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "chover a chuzos"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "chover a cachón"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "chover a Deus dar auga"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "chover a caldeiros"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳoḳisṗiruli c̣vima",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "კოკისპირული წვიმა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "Bindfäden regnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "in Strömen regnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vréchei me to touloúmi",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "βρέχει με το τουλούμι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ríchnei kareklopódara",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "ρίχνει καρεκλοπόδαρα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ríchnei kantária",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "ρίχνει καντάρια"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "zuhog, mintha dézsából öntenék"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "vera mígandi rigning"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "rigna eldi og brennisteini"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "pluver torrentialmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "sceana gréasaí a chur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "piovere a catinelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "diluviare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "scrosciare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "piovere come Dio la manda"
    },
    {
      "alt": "どしゃぶりになる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "doshaburi ni naru",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "土砂降りになる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bi-ga eoksu-gachi ssodajinda",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "비가 억수같이 쏟아진다"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "høljeregne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "høljregne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "regne sinte kjerringer"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "høljeregne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "ausregne"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "lać jak z cebra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "o céu vir abaixo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "chover a cântaros"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "chover a potes"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "cair um toró"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "chover canivetes"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "ploua cu găleata"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "litʹ kak iz vedrá",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "лить как из ведра́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "liať ako z krhly"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "llover a cántaros"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "llover a mares"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "ösregna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "spöregna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "stå som spön i backen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "bardaktan boşalırcasına yağmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "şakır şakır yağmur"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "(trời) mưa xối xả"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "(trời) mưa như trút"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to rain very heavily",
      "word": "bwrw hen wragedd â ffyn"
    }
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