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How to talk about the weather in Portuguese Posted by on Dec 28, 2012 in Learning, Vocabulary

Oi, pessoal! Tudo bem?

How’s the weather where you are right now? Here in Bebedouro (state of São Paulo, Brazil) it’s warm and it’s been raining occasionally so you can imagine that we have a warm Christmas.

Talking about the weather is surely a good way to start a conversation with someone you don’t know, make small talk, that kind of thing, so here are some useful sentences you can use to talk about the weather in Portuguese. Practice with the audio!

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Como está o tempo hoje? – What’s the weather like today?
Nossa, que calor, né? – It’s so hot, isn’t it?
Nossa, que frio! – Wow, it’s so cold!
Adoro o calor. – I love warm weather.
Adoro o frio. – I love cold weather.
O tempo está ótimo hoje. – The weather is great today.

Está… – It’s…
quente – hot
frio – cold
nublado – cloudy
chuvoso – rainy
choviscando / garoando – drizzling
chovendo – raining
congelante – freezing
ventando – windy
meio nublado – kind of cloudy
meio chuvoso – kind of rainy
friozinho – chilly
fresco – cool
quente – warm
ameno – mild

Está fazendo trinta graus Celsius. – It’s thirdy degrees Celsius.
Está menos cinco graus Celsius. – It’s minus five Centigrade.
Está dois graus abaixo de zero. – It’s two degrees below zero.
Parece que vai chover. – It looks like rain.
Vai cair um pé d’água. – It’s going to pour.

Qual é a previsão do tempo para…? – What’s the weather forecast for…?
Vai fazer calor o dia todo. – It’s going to be hot all day.
Vai chover de tarde. – It’s going to rain in the afternoon.
Parece que vamos ter um dia de sol. – It looks like we are going to have a sunny day.
Vai ser um fim de semana chuvoso. – It’s going to be a rainy weekend.
O homem do tempo diz que… – The weatherman says that…
A temperatura está subindo. – The temperature is rising.
A temperatura vai cair. – The temperature is going to drop.

Como é o tempo no seu país? – What’s the weather like in your country?
Faz frio a maior parte do tempo. – It’s cold most of the time.
A temperatura fica em torno de… – The temperature is around…
A temperatura é amena. – The temperature is mild.
Chove muito aqui? – Does it rain a lot here?
Não chove há meses. – It hasn’t rained for months.
Faz muito frio no inverno. – It’s very cold in the winter.

É muito frio para ir nadar. – It’s too cold to go swimming.
Estou com frio. – I’m cold.
Estou com calor. – I’m hot.
Estou morrendo de frio. – I’m freezing to death.
Estou sentindo calor. – I’m feeling hot.
Estou derretendo. – I’m melting.

Tenham um ótimo fim de semana!

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