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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 |
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| 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** |
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| There’s a storm | C’è una tempesta C’è un temporale |
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| 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 |
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| 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.
Weather idiom: fare un freddo cane – to be bitterly cold
Related lessons
Italian lesson plans
- The Weather (Lesson plan, 6th – 12th grade)
- Weather and Seasons (Lesson plan, 4th – 12th grade)
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