Here are common Spanish terms you may hear or use in reference to the temporada de lluvias, paired with their English equivalents:
• llover = to rain; la lluvia = the rain; gotas de lluvia = rain drops
• está lloviendo = It’s raining
• lovizna = light drizzle; lloviznar = to drizzle
• está lloviziendo = It’s drizzling.
• chispear = to sprinkle; chipichipi = strong steady sprinkle
• está chispeando = It’s sprinkling
• tormenta = storm; tormentón = thunder storm
• chubasco = sudden storm; aguacero = downpour
• llover a cántaros = to pour buckets, rain like cats and dogs
• tormenta tropical = tropical storm; huracán = hurricane; ciclón = cyclone
• tromba, culebra de agua = waterspout
• granizo = hail; granizada = hailstorm
• nubes = clouds; nubloso = cloudy, overcast; neblina = fog
• trueno = thunder; relámpago = lightning; rayo = lightning bolt
• el viento = the wind; aironazo = strong wind; ventoso = windy, breezy
• día ventoso = windy day; noche ventosa = windy night
• hace viento = It’s windy; hizo mucho viento = It was very windy.
• charco = puddle; inundación = flood; inundar = to flood; diluvio = deluge
• el paraguas = the umbrella; un impermeable = a rain coat, slicker; botas = boots
• un arcoíris = a rainbow
Complied by
Dale Hoyt Palfrey