chove

Chove is the third-person singular present indicative form of the Portuguese verb chover, meaning to rain. It is used as an impersonal construction to describe weather conditions, typically translating to “it rains” or “it is raining” in English. In everyday speech, chove appears when referring to rain without naming a subject, for example, chove now or chove hoje.

In different varieties of Portuguese, related forms for expressing rain in the present include está chovendo in Brazilian Portuguese, and está a chover in European Portuguese, both meaning “it is raining.” The simple present chove is commonly found in weather forecasts and general statements about the climate, while other tenses convey ongoing rain (está chovendo), habit or repetition (chovia), or future rain (vai chover).

Chove is closely linked to the noun chuva, which means rain as a phenomenon or precipitation. While chuva refers to rain itself, chove refers to the action of rain occurring. The verb chover and its forms are part of standard Portuguese and appear across media, literature, and public discourse when discussing weather conditions.

Summary: chove is the weather-related verb form used to indicate that rain is occurring, with broader conjugations and regional variants that express timing and ongoing action.