Basic Weather Terms
Weather vocabulary is essential for everyday conversations in Spanish. Common words include el sol (sun), la lluvia (rain), la nieve (snow), and el viento (wind). These terms form the foundation for talking about the weather in various contexts.
Describing Weather Conditions
To describe weather conditions, you can use adjectives like caliente (hot), frío (cold), nublado (cloudy), and lluvioso (rainy). Combining these with basic weather terms helps create simple sentences, such as Hace frío (It is cold) or Está nublado (It is cloudy).
Weather Verbs and Phrases
Useful verbs related to weather include hacer (to do/make), often used in expressions like Hace calor (It is hot) and llover (to rain), e.g., Está lloviendo (It is raining). Learning these verbs helps express different weather phenomena accurately.
Seasonal Weather Words
Seasons influence weather vocabulary, with la primavera (spring), el verano (summer), el otoño (autumn), and el invierno (winter). Each season comes with typical weather words, like el granizo (hail) often in spring storms or la nevada (snowfall) in winter.
Weather Expressions and Idioms
Spanish has idiomatic expressions related to weather, such as Llueve a cántaros (It’s raining cats and dogs) or Estar bajo el sol (to be under the sun), which can be useful for more natural-sounding conversations about the weather.
