Learn Italian: Ha piovuto per un giorno intero.

Ha piovuto per un giorno intero.

It rained for a whole day.

Breakdown of Ha piovuto per un giorno intero.

for / in order to / because of

piovere

to rain

Questions & Answers about Ha piovuto per un giorno intero.

Why does it use ha piovuto instead of è piovuto?

Weather verbs like piovere (to rain) are special in Italian because they can take either avere or essere in the passato prossimo. Both ha piovuto and è piovuto are completely correct, though ha piovuto is often more common in modern spoken Italian.

How does intero fit into a lesson about fractions?

While fractions like la metà (half) describe a part of something, intero is the adjective you use to emphasize the complete, undivided amount, meaning a whole. Because it is an adjective, it must agree with the noun, which is why it is intero for the masculine noun giorno.

Could I say una giornata intera instead of un giorno intero?

Yes, absolutely! Giornata emphasizes the span of time and what happens during it, so una giornata intera is very natural when talking about the duration of rain. However, un giorno intero is also perfectly correct and means the exact same thing in this context.

Do I always need to use per to say how long something lasted?