it started to rain
Poco después comenzó a llover.
It started to rain shortly afterwards.
Apenas se fueron, comenzó a llover.
As soon as they left, it started to rain.
De camino a nuestro picnic, comenzó a llover de repente.
On the way to our picnic, it suddenly started to rain.
Suddenly it started to rain.
Comenzó a llover cuando estábamos cambiando el neumático del coche.
It started to rain when we were changing the car tire.
Tan pronto como llegamos a la estación comenzó a llover.
As soon as we arrived at the station it started to rain.
Ese día hizo frío, además comenzó a llover.
That day it was cold, and it also started to rain.
Apenas habían empezado cuando comenzó a llover.
They had barely started when it began to rain.
Pensaba ir en bicicleta pero comenzó a llover.
I was planning to go by bike but it started to rain.
To make matters worse, it started to rain.