- rain
- I
1. [reɪn]
nome pioggia f. (anche fig.)
the rain stopped — smise di piovere
in the rain — sotto la pioggia
2.it looks like rain — minaccia pioggia
nome plurale rains stagione f.sing. delle piogge••come rain or shine — col bello e col cattivo tempo
II 1. [reɪn]to be (as) right as rain — BE [person] stare benissimo
verbo impersonale piovere2.verbo transitivoto rain blows on sb. — tempestare qcn. di colpi
- rain off••it never rains but it pours — piove sempre sul bagnato, le disgrazie non vengono mai sole
* * *[rein] 1. noun1) (water falling from the clouds in liquid drops: We've had a lot of rain today; walking in the rain; We had flooding because of last week's heavy rains.) pioggia2) (a great number of things falling like rain: a rain of arrows.) pioggia2. verb1) ((only with it as subject) to cause rain to fall: I think it will rain today.) piovere2) (to (cause to) fall like rain: Arrows rained down on the soldiers.) piovere•- rainy- raininess
- rainbow
- rain check: take a rain check
- raincoat
- raindrop
- rainfall
- rain forest
- rain-gauge
- keep
- save for a rainy day
- rain cats and dogs
- the rains
- as right as rain
- right as rain* * *I 1. [reɪn]nome pioggia f. (anche fig.)the rain stopped — smise di piovere
in the rain — sotto la pioggia
2.it looks like rain — minaccia pioggia
nome plurale rains stagione f.sing. delle piogge••come rain or shine — col bello e col cattivo tempo
II 1. [reɪn]to be (as) right as rain — BE [person] stare benissimo
verbo impersonale piovere2.verbo transitivoto rain blows on sb. — tempestare qcn. di colpi
- rain off••it never rains but it pours — piove sempre sul bagnato, le disgrazie non vengono mai sole
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.