to rain
hablamos regular endingpienso stem changetengo irregularbusqué spelling change
Presente · What happens now or habitually
En mayo llueve mucho en La Habana.
It rains a lot in Havana in May.
Pretérito · A completed action in the past
Ayer llovió toda la tarde.
Yesterday it rained all afternoon.
Imperfecto · Ongoing or habitual past; "used to"
Llovía cuando salimos de la casa.
It was raining when we left the house.
Futuro · What will happen
Mañana lloverá en toda la isla.
Tomorrow it will rain across the whole island.
Condicional · What would happen
Si hubiera nubes, llovería.
If there were clouds, it would rain.
Pretérito perfecto · Has/have done
Ha llovido mucho esta semana.
It has rained a lot this week.
Pluscuamperfecto · Had done
Había llovido toda la noche.
It had rained all night.
Futuro perfecto · Will have done
Para el lunes ya habrá llovido dos semanas seguidas.
By Monday it will have rained for two weeks straight.
Condicional perfecto · Would have done
Sin el huracán, no habría llovido tanto.
Without the hurricane, it wouldn't have rained so much.
Presente de subjuntivo · Wishes, doubts, emotions about the present or future
Ojalá no llueva el día de la boda.
I hope it doesn't rain on the wedding day.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-ra) · Hypotheticals and past wishes; the common form
Si lloviera, nos quedaríamos en casa.
If it rained, we would stay home.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-se) · Same meaning as -ra; more literary
Aunque lloviese, iríamos a la playa.
Even if it rained, we would go to the beach.
Pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · Subjunctive for something that has happened
No creo que haya llovido por aquí.
I don't think it has rained around here.
Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo · Contrary-to-fact past: "if I had..."
Si hubiera llovido, las plantas estarían mejor.
If it had rained, the plants would be doing better.
Imperativo afirmativo · Commands: do it!
Rarely used with this verb.
Imperativo negativo · Commands: don't do it!
Rarely used with this verb.