Portuguese Southwest, Brazil

imagina

Interjection USED Very frequently BY Everyone

(interj.) • (imagine) • It is equivalent to "not at all", being used as a polite yet informal answer to "thank you". It expresses that the other person should not even imagine giving thanks because it was a no-brainer or an easy task.

"Obrigado pela carona!" "Imagina! Foi um prazer!"

"Thanks for the ride!" "Imagine! It was a pleasure!"

Spanish Argentina

Llueve a cántaros

Expression USED Very frequently BY Everyone

(It's raining in jugs) • It means that it's raining as heavy as if it's pouring from a vase.

¡Mira como está lloviendo a cántaros!

Look how it's raining in jugs!

Italian Italy

C’è il diluvio universale

Expression USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone

(There’s the Great Flood) • A biblical reference to say it’s pouring with rain.

"C’è il diluvio universale oggi, meglio non uscire."

"There’s the Great Flood today, we'd better not go out."

Portuguese Portugal

chover a potes

Expression USED Very frequently BY Everyone

(to rain pots) • You use this expression when it is raining a lot; when it's pouring.

"Está a chover a potes!"

"It's raining pots!"

Waray-Waray Leyte, Philippines

hagi

Interjection USED Frequently BY Everyone

(interj.) • An interjection used to express disappointment or frustration. It is equivalent to sighing in English.

"Hagi, nakawatan na naman ak'."

"Sigh, I got pick-pocketed again."

Italian Italy

nì

Portmanteau USED Frequently BY Everyone

(yesno) • Yes and no. And also neither of them.

"Quindi hai litigato con tuo fratello?" "Nì."

"So did you argue with your brother?" "Yesno."

German German speaking countries

das Fass zum Überlaufen bringen

Idiom USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone

(to make the barrel overflow) • To cross the line of what is allowed or tolerable or: to cause the escalation of a situation.

"Jetzt reicht's! Mit deinen rücksichtslosen Aktionen bringst du das Fass echt zum Überlaufen!"

"That's enough! You really make the barrel overflow with your reckless actions!"

German German speaking countries

Es schüttet wie aus Eimern

Idiom USED On Occasion BY Everyone

(It is pouring out of buckets) • This phrase can be used to describe heavy rainfall.

"Wir mussten unser Familientreffen absagen, es schüttete wie aus Eimern."

"We had to cancel our family gathering, it was pouring out of buckets."

Italian Italy

avere grilli per la testa

Idiom USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone

(to have crickets in your head) • When you have a lot of thoughts on your mind, or when your it's filled with ideas, desires, dreams.

"Non riesco a concentrarmi, ho troppi grilli per la testa!"

"I can't focus, I have too many crickets in my head!"

Italian Italy

Vabbè

Expression USED Very frequently BY Everyone

It's the abbreviation of "va bene", literally "sure", "all right". It's also often used as a filler and it can be an expression of irritation, concession, resignation, admission, reluctance and more.

"Vabbè fai quel che ti pare!"

"Oh well do what you want then!"

Italian Italy

Piove come Dio la manda

Expression USED Very frequently BY Almost Everyone

(It rains as God sends it) • When it’s pouring; it’s usually used when talking about the weather.

“Com’è il tempo?” “Piove come Dio la manda.”

“What’s the weather like?” “It’s raining as Gos sends it.”

French France

tomber des cordes

Expression USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone

(to rain strings) • To rain heavily.

"Je ne sors pas aujourd'hui, il tombe des cordes."

"I am not going out today, it is raining strings."

Spanish Caracas, Venezuela

Está cayendo un palo de agua

Expression USED Very frequently BY Everyone

(A stick of water is falling) • It is used to say that it's raining a lot.

"¡Por acá está cayendo un palo de agua!"

"Over here, a stick of water is falling!"

Italian Italy

Piove a catinelle

Idiom USED On Occasion BY Everyone

(It's raining basins) • Used when it's raining heavily.

"Ha iniziato a piovere a catinelle appena sono uscito, sono bagnato fradicio!"

"It started raining basins as soon as I got out, I'm soaking wet!"

Spanish Spain

está lloviendo a mares

Expression USED On Occasion BY Everyone

(it is raining seas) • It is raining heavily.

"Voy a la tienda." "Asegúrate de llevar un paraguas, está lloviendo a mares."

"I'm going to the corner shop." "Make sure you take an umbrella, it is raining seas."

Polish Poland

leje jak z cebra

Standard Phrase USED Frequently BY Everyone

(it rains like from a wooden bucket) • Used to say when it rains heavily.

"Nie możemy iść dziś na spacer, leje jak z cebra."

"We can't go for a walk today, it's raining like from a wooden bucket."

Italian | Venetian Veneto, Italy

Sta slavazando

Standard Phrase USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone

Dialect version of the Italian sentence ''sta diluviando" (it's pouring).

"Forse l'ombrello non è sufficiente: fuori sta slavazando."

"Perhaps the umbrella won't be enough: it's pouring."

Polish Poland

tego kwiatu jest pół światu

Expression USED On Rare Occasion BY Everyone

(half of the world is filled with the same flower) • there is more boys/girls out there

"Rozstaliście się ale nie martw się, tego kwiata jest pół świata."

"You guys broke up but no worry, half of the world is filled with the same flower."

Polish Poland

dwoić się i troić

Standard Phrase USED Frequently BY Everyone

(to double and triple yourself) • Used when someone has a lot to do and has to move fast

"Ona dwoi się i troi zeby skończyć na czas."

"She doubles and triples herself to finish on time."

Russian Russia

мб

Abbreviation USED Very frequently BY Everyone

(may be) • Internet slang abbreviation for "может быть", meaning "may be".

"Мб будет лучше, если я позвоню тебе позже."

"It may be better if I call you later."