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Meanings of rain buckets in English

Portuguese
chover a cântaros
Catalan
diluviar

Rain heavily.

        chover a cântaros

        To rain heavily.

            Usage of rain buckets in English
            1
            Thousands of residents have evacuated to higher ground as rain buckets down, and flooding continues.
            Radio NZ
            2
            It's going to rain buckets here any time now. I poked him on the shoulder.
            Calamity jayne
            3
            The rain buckets down on Mayo and there is nothing for it but to bemoan another distorted and inglorious All-Ireland defeat.
            The Irish Times
            4
            It rained buckets, it rained vats; it rained swimming pools and lakes and rivers.
            The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth
            5
            Her fly had played her false, and, being our island home, it rained buckets.
            Hard Cash
            6
            It had been pouring for several days; raining buckets, barrels-Tenthousand barrels a day!
            Flowing Gold
            7
            It'd been raining buckets when I left, after all.
            Sister Mine
            8
            It's been raining buckets for three days.
            Shadow zone
            9
            Outside, it abruptly rained buckets.
            A Case of Conscience
            10
            After lunching, Cæsar went out to post some cards, and as it was raining buckets, he took refuge in the arcades of the Piazza Esedra.
            Cæsar or Nothing
            Translations for rain buckets