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llovía a cántaros

it was raining cats and dogs

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phrase Rare #47,605
it was raining cats and dogs An idiomatic way to say that it was raining very heavily. The imperfect tense describes ongoing or habitual past weather.
SP: Cuando salimos del cine, llovía a cántaros.
EN: When we left the movie theater, it was raining cats and dogs.

Y llovía a cántaros.

And it was raining cats and dogs.

— El cielo sobre Berlín (1987)

Fui presentado a él, una tarde de sábado, mientras llovía a cántaros.

I was introduced to him one Saturday afternoon while it was pouring rain.

— El viento que agita la cebada (2006)

Llovía a cántaros.

It was raining cats and dogs.

— Chungking Express (1994)

La última vez, llovía a cántaros.

Last time, it was pouring rain.

— La doble vida de Verónica (1991)