"Chove!"

Translation: It rains!

[Granny_Patti]

In the UK we'd never say that. Instead we'd say 'it's raining'.

[TheRunawayFound]

Yeah, 'it rains' would describe a pattern, not something happening right now.

[deactivated user]

Ever heard the song: "IT never RAINS in sunny California..." ? :-)

[mattttw]

that's the pattern he's describing

[MadelynRoberson]

Rain makes more sense

[Paulenrique]

I think they translated it as "it rains" because "chove" is the verb "chover" conjugated in the present for the third singular person. The noun is "chuva".

[margaritaguese]

right, but when you´re willing it to rain, you might also scream this right? What´s the mandato form?

[Paulenrique]

Haha...then one would probably use "chova!!"

[paddyobrien]

Why that? What's the difference between chove and chova?

[ZuMako8_Momo]

«Chove» would be the «tu»-form of the imperative, and «chova» would be the «você»-conjugation of the imperative.

[blazinghaze]

Reminds me of the neoplitan word for rain , chiove and the beautiful neopolitan song of the same name if anyones interested in hearing mellifluous vocals over accompanying acoustics

[ACE117722]

I think it should be the tu imperative "rain" and not "it rains"

[ZuMako8_Momo]

There technically is no «tu» imperative for the verb «chover» and «nevar», etc. It is one of those impersonal third-person verbs, just like in English it is impersonal (because what does the "it" refer to in "It is raining." Nothing, really. That's why it is impersonal.) Have a look here: http://www.conjuga-me.net/verbo-chover. The only correct/true conjugations of this verb are the ones that are not faded-out. Because the conjugation pattern exists, one can easily still fill in the whole conjugation chart, but it is one of those gray-area verbs. There aren't too many like them. :)