llovió

Llovió is the third-person singular preterite indicative form of the Spanish verb llover, an impersonal verb that means “to rain.” It is used to describe a completed rainfall event in the past, with weather as the implicit subject rather than a specific noun or pronoun.

Etymology and related terms: llover comes from Latin plovere, meaning to rain. The related noun lluvia, meaning rain, derives from the same etymological root pluvia. The verb remains impersonal in most contexts, and its forms are typically exercised only in reference to weather.

Usage: In everyday Spanish, llovió is used to report past rainfall, often with time references such as ayer, esta mañana, o durante el día. Examples include sentences like “Ayer llovió todo el día.” The construction emphasizes the occurrence of rain rather than identifying a subject performing an action.

Grammatical notes: Llover is an impersonal verb; other person forms (such as yo lloví or tú lloviste) are not used in standard Spanish. Its present and imperfect forms are llueve and llovía, respectively, and it has other tenses like lloverá for future. The verb frequently appears in weather reporting, narration, and idiomatic expressions such as llovió a cántaros (“it rained heavily”).

See also: Lluvia, Llover, Verbo impersonal, Español.