pleuvoir

/pløvwaʁ/
1.
verbInd3rdPresSing3

to rain (impersonal; used for precipitation)

Il commence à pleuvoir, on rentre ?

It's starting to rain — shall we go inside?

2.
verbInd3rdPresSing3

to pour in; to come down in large quantities (figurative)

Les critiques ont commencé à pleuvoir après son tweet.

Criticism began pouring in after his tweet.