Meaning
to rain
In a sentence
Oggi piove molto.
Today it is raining a lot.
Ieri è piovuto tutto il giorno.
Yesterday it rained all day.
Domani piove ancora.
Tomorrow it will rain again.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| piovere | infinitive |
| pioviamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| piovo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| piovete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| piovi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| piovono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| piove | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| piovevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| piovevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| piovevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| piovevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| piovevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| pioveva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| piovemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| piovvi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| pioveste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| piovesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| piovvero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| piovve | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| pioveremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| pioverò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| pioverete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| pioverai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| pioveranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| pioverà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| pioviamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| piova | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| pioviate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| piova | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| piovano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| piova | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| piovessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| piovessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| pioveste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| piovessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| piovessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| piovesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| pioveremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| pioverei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| piovereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pioveresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pioverebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pioverebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pioviamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| piovete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| piovi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| piovendo | gerund |
| piovuto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Usually impersonal: piove, pioveva, pioverà. Don't use a subject pronoun like io or lui unless speaking figuratively.
- In compound tenses, it normally takes essere: è piovuto tutta la notte.
- For weather, use piovere, not cadere: oggi piove, not oggi cade.