Spanish idioms
What does “Llover a cántaros” mean?
Llover a cántaros
Word for word
To rain by the pitcher
What it really means
To rain very hard, the sort that floods the street. It is the most common way of talking about a downpour in Spanish.
How we say it in English
To rain cats and dogs
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