Ay, Como Llueve / Ay Bruta / Ya Llegué Maestro, ¿Puedo Pasar?

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"Ay, Como Llueve" (English: "Oh, It's raining a lot"), Ay Bruta (English: "Oh, Brute") or "Ya Llegué Maestro, ¿Puedo Pasar?" (English: "I'm here teacher, can I come in?") refers to an image macro of a woman soaked by heavy rain that flooded the street. The image has been used as an ironic meme since 2013, usually related to heavy rain season in Latin American countries.

Origin

The exact origin of the image is unknown, but the earliest usage of the meme was uploaded on November 28th, 2013, by the Facebook^[1] meme page @TQMTTG. The image shows a woman wet by a heavy rain that flooded the streets with the Spanish text "Ya llegué maestro, ¿puedo pasar?", which translates to "I'm here teacher, can I come in?" The post (seen below) garnered 15 likes and 3 shares in a decade.

Spread

As the years went by, the meme received many text variations, usually related to rain. For example, Twitter^[2] user @R0m1ss posted a version of the image macro with the text in Spanish "Ay, Como Llueve" (English: "Oh, It's raining a lot"). The post (seen below, left), uploaded on October 5th, 2014, garnered 2 likes in nine years. Facebook^[3] user @Memou.perez posted a version of the image macro with the text in Spanish "¡Ay Bruta!" (English: "Oh, Brute"), joking about the heavy rain that was flooding the city he lives in. The post (seen below, right), uploaded on June 1st, 2017, garnered 20 likes and one share in six years.

A purposely misspelled version of the meme, with the text in Spanish "como shueve" (Como Llueve), has been used on social media as an ironic meme related to the rainy season. For example, Facebook^[4] user @queondaperro uploaded the image on May 21st, 2019, to comment about the heavy rain in San Rafael, Argentina. The post (seen below) garnered 142 likes and '39 shares in four years.

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