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Il tempo

Understanding Italian weather terms is useful for deciding what to wear, planning what to do, and, of course, making small talk. Here are the most common Italian weather terms – click the links for sound files, or the (verbs) for lessons.

How’s the weather?			Com’è il tempo?
It's …			Fa …		(fare)
	cold			freddo
	cool			fresco
	hot			caldo
	nice out			bel tempo
	bad weather			brutto tempo
It’s …			È …		(essere)
	clear skies			chiaro sereno
	cloudy			nuvoloso
	humid			umido
	nice out			piacevole
	rainy			piovoso
	sunny			soleggiato
It's …			C’è …*
	foggy			nebbia
	sunny			il sole
	windy			vento
It’s one degree It’s ___ degrees			C’è un grado Ci sono ___ gradi**
There’s a storm			C’è una tempesta C’è un temporale
There’s …			Ci sono …
	lightning			fulmini
	thunder			tuoni
rain			la pioggia
to rain			piovere
It’s raining			Sta piovendo		(stare)
It’s pouring			Sta piovendo a dirotto Sta piovendo a secchiate Sta piovendo pesantemente
snow			la neve
to snow			nevicare
It’s snowing			Sta nevicando

  * Literally, these expressions mean "There is fog / sun / wind."

** Italians use Celsius for weather, so for example ci sono 30 gradi would mean that it’s hot (86°F), not the below freezing it would be in Fahrenheit.

 Related lessons

• Calendar
• Numbers
• Essere
• Fare
• Stare
   

 En español

• El tiempo
   

 En français

• Le temps
   

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