{"id":19909,"date":"2022-01-14T16:51:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T15:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=19909"},"modified":"2022-01-14T16:51:38","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T15:51:38","slug":"fa-freddo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/fa-freddo\/","title":{"rendered":"Fa freddo!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ciao a tutti!<\/em><\/p>\n

Fa freddo da me<\/em> (It’s cold where I am), although not as cold as where I am originally from since I’ve been checking and comparing the weather to my hometown this past week. But all the same, c\u2019\u00e8 un\u2019ondata di freddo<\/em> (there’s a cold spell) where I am now and presumably for a lot of you as well. So let’s share some ways to talk about this winter weather that so many of us are experiencing.<\/p>\n

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Photo from Pixabay, CCO.<\/p><\/div>\n

Vocabulary:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fa freddo<\/em> \u2013 It\u2019s cold<\/p>\n

Fa freddissimo<\/em> \u2013 It\u2019s really cold<\/p>\n

\u00c8 gelido<\/em> \u2013 It\u2019s freezing<\/p>\n

\u00c8 ghiacciato<\/em> \u2013 It\u2019s frosty<\/p>\n

Fa un freddo pungente<\/em> \u2013 It\u2019s bitterly cold<\/p>\n

Ho la pelle d\u2019oca<\/em> \u2013 I have goose bumps<\/p>\n

C\u2019\u00e8 un\u2019ondata di freddo<\/em> \u2013 There\u2019s a a cold spell<\/p>\n

Sto congelando<\/em> \u2013 I am freezing cold<\/p>\n

Nevica \/ C\u2019\u00e8 la neve<\/em> \u2013 It\u2019s snowing<\/p>\n

Expressions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oggi fa un freddo cane <\/em>– Today it\u2019s dog cold – It’s extremely cold<\/p>\n

C\u2019\u00e8 un freddo da morire!* –<\/strong><\/em> There is a cold to die for – It’s extremely cold<\/p>\n

Si muore di freddo – <\/em>One dies from the cold weather – It\u2019s extremely cold<\/p>\n

Che freddo, ho i brividi<\/em> – What cold, I have the shivers!<\/p>\n

Piove sempre sul bagnato. – <\/em>It always rains on the wet ground – It never rains, but it pours<\/p>\n

Piove a catinelle – <\/em>It\u2019s raining buckets – It\u2019s raining cats and dogs<\/p>\n

Tempo da lupi – <\/em>wolf weather – bad weather<\/p>\n

This rhyme predicts the weather depending upon the color of the sky at night or morning…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rosso di sera, bel tempo si spera – <\/em>Red at night, good weather one hopes<\/p>\n

Rosso di mattina, il mal tempo si avvicina – <\/em>Red in the morning, bad weather is getting near<\/p>\n

And lastly…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Piove, governo ladro! – <\/em>It rains, blame the government!<\/p>\n

This popular exclamation is just an ironic way to blame the government for everything. ?<\/p>\n

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La temperatura – <\/em><\/strong>temperature<\/p>\n

La temperatura in Italia \u00e8 espressa con la scala Celsius.<\/em> The temperature in Italy is expressed with the Celsius scale.<\/p>\n

Some conversions for temperature:<\/p>\n