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1 teem down
VI + ADV (=rain hard) llover a mares, llover a cántarosit's teeming down — está lloviendo a mares or a cántaros
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2 teem
ti:m1) ((with with) to be full of: The pond was teeming with fish.) rebosar, bullir, hervir2) (to rain heavily: The rain was teeming down.) llover a cántarostr[tiːm]————————tr[tiːm]1 (rain) llover a cántaros, diluviarteem ['ti:m] vito teem with : estar repleto de, estar lleno dev.• abundar v.• bullir v.• hormiguear v.• llover a cántaros v.• pulular v.tiːma) ( abound)to teem WITH something: the forest is teeming with birds el bosque está repleto de pájaros; the streets were teeming with people — las calles hervían or estaban abarrotadas de gente
b) ( pour)[tiːm]VI1)to teem (with) — [+ insects, fish] abundar (en)
a lake teeming with fish — un lago que abunda en peces, un lago repleto de peces
2)it's teeming (with rain) — está lloviendo a mares or a cántaros
* * *[tiːm]a) ( abound)to teem WITH something: the forest is teeming with birds el bosque está repleto de pájaros; the streets were teeming with people — las calles hervían or estaban abarrotadas de gente
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3 llover
llover ( conjugate llover) v impers to rain; llueve a cántaros or a mares or a chuzos it's pouring (with rain)
llover verbo impersonal to rain Locuciones: ha llovido mucho desde entonces, a lot of water has passed under the bridge since then
llover a mares, to rain cats and dogs
llovido del cielo, out of the blue ' llover' also found in these entries: Spanish: cántaro - oscurecerse - que - chuzo - creer - dicha - duro - fuerte - gana - hasta - llueva - parar - parecer - poner English: afraid - alter - as - begin - bound - bucket - cease - certain - close - come on - come out - fortunately - go - hard - heavily - inside - let up - pelt - piss - pour down - rain - rain down - shower - steadily - teem - tend - beat - cat - hold - in - pour - relief - roll - soon - stop -
4 lluvia
lluvia sustantivo femeninoa) (Meteo) rain;zonas de mucha lluvia areas of heavy rainfall; lluvia radiactiva nuclear fallout ( de críticas) hail, barrage
lluvia sustantivo femenino rain
lluvia acida, acid rain
lluvia de estrellas, star shower
una lluvia de felicitaciones, a shower of congratulations ' lluvia' also found in these entries: Spanish: cabronada - escorrentía - falta - gota - gracia - inoportuna - inoportuno - jorobar - martillear - pertinaz - precipitación - protegerse - resbalar - resguardarse - torrencial - abrigo - agua - amainar - amenazar - borrar - ceder - con - copioso - cubierto - desprevenido - diluvio - fino - fuerte - golpear - golpeteo - intermitente - oportuno - proteger - refugiar - refugio - repiquetear - repiqueteo - resguardar - seguir - sorprender English: acid rain - beat - beat down - because - brainstorm - come down - come on - deal - deluge - drench - driving - fall - fallout - hail of bullets - heavy - icy - in - incessant - lash - moderate - outpouring - rain - rain off - raindrop - rainstorm - set in - shower - spot - steady - teem - wet - acid - catch - drainage - hail - pouring - spit - wellington (boot)
См. также в других словарях:
teem — [ti:m] v teem down phr v [: Old English; Origin: timan, tAman] to rain very heavily ▪ It s been teeming down all day. teem with / [teem with sb/sth] phr v 1.) to be very full of people or animals, all moving about ▪ The island was teeming with… … Dictionary of contemporary English
teem — UK [tiːm] / US [tɪm] verb [intransitive, often progressive] Word forms teem : present tense I/you/we/they teem he/she/it teems present participle teeming past tense teemed past participle teemed teem or teem down if it is teeming or teeming down … English dictionary
teem — also teem down verb (I) BrE to rain very heavily: It s been teeming down all day. teem with sth phrasal verb (transitive not in passive) to be full of people, animals etc: be teeming with: Times Square was teeming with theater goers … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
teem — [ tim ] verb intransitive often progressive if it is teeming or teeming down, a lot of rain is falling teem with phrasal verb transitive teem with someone/something to contain an extremely large number of people, animals, or objects that are all… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
teem — Ⅰ. teem [1] ► VERB (teem with) ▪ be full of or swarming with. ORIGIN Old English, «give birth to» or «be or become pregnant»; related to TEAM(Cf. ↑team). Ⅱ. teem [2] … English terms dictionary
teem — teem1 verb (teem with) be full of or swarming with. Derivatives teeming adjective Origin OE tēman, tīeman, in senses give birth to and be or become pregnant : of Gmc origin. teem2 verb (especially of rain) pour down; fall heavily. Origin ME: from … English new terms dictionary
teem — 1. v.intr. 1 be abundant (fish teem in these waters). 2 (foll. by with) be full of or swarming with (teeming with fish; teeming with ideas). Etymology: OE teman etc. give birth to f. Gmc, rel. to TEAM 2. v.intr. (often foll. by down) (of water… … Useful english dictionary
lash down — verb a) To secure with ropes; to tie down Im feeling so alive, feeling so real b) To rain heavily. On a stormy night, the rain is coming down Syn: tie down … Wiktionary
pour down — verb To rain heavily. A torrential rain poured down from the floodgates of the angry heavens upon the bared heads of the assembled multitude which numbered at the lowest computation five hundred thousand persons. Syn: bucket down, chuck it down,… … Wiktionary
whip down — verb To rain heavily. Syn: bucket down, chuck it down, lash down, pelt, pelt down, piss down, pour, pour down, rain cats and dogs … Wiktionary
pelt down — verb To rain heavily. Syn: bucket down, chuck it down, lash down, pelt, piss down, pour, pour down, rain cats and dogs, stream … Wiktionary