Weather words and weather-related expressions in Italian with English equivalents.
| italiano | English |
|---|---|
| Il tempo | The weather |
| Le previsioni del tempo Le previsioni meteo Il meteo |
The weather forecast |
| Che tempo fa? | What's the weather like? |
| Fa caldo | It's hot / warm |
| Fa caldissimo | It's very hot |
| Il caldo é insopportabile | The heat is unbearable |
| Fa freddo | It's cold |
| Fa un po' freddo | It's a bit cold |
| Il fresco | It's cool |
| Comincia a far freddo | It's getting cold |
| È freddissimo | It's icy |
| Fa bello È piacevole |
It's nice / fine |
| Fa bel tempo | It's beautiful weather |
| Che bella giornata | What a beautiful day! |
| Fa brutto tempo | It's bad weather |
| Fa cattivo tempo Fa un tempo orribile |
It's awful weather |
| È umido | It's humid |
| Il vento | Wind |
| Tira vento C'è il vento |
It's windy |
| È burrascoso | It's stormy |
| Il Sole | Sun |
| C'è il sole È soleggiato |
It's sunny |
| La nuvola | Cloud |
| È nuvoloso | It's cloudy |
| C'è nebbia | It's foggy |
| La pioggia | Rain |
| Piove | It's raining |
| Nevica | It's snowing |
| La pioggia | rain |
| La grandine | hail |
| La neve | snow |
| Le nuage | cloud |
| Il tuono | thunder |
| Tuonare | to thunder |
| Il lampo | lightning |
| Lampeggiare | to lightning |
| L'arcobaleno | rainbow |
| Il temporale | storm |
| La temperatura | temperature |
| La nebbia | fog |
| C'è la nebbia | It's foggy |
| La foschia | Mist |
| Il gelo | Frost |
| È gelido | It's frosty |
| Il temporale | Storm |
| italiano | English |
|---|---|
| Piove a catinelle | It's raining like from basins |
| Piove a dirotto | It's raining excessively |
| Piove che Dio la manda | It's raining [as if] God sends it |
Other idioms for heavy rain in various languages
Hear Italian words for weather:
More weather words in Italian
http://www.italianlanguageguide.com/vocabulary/weather.asp
https://quizlet.com/11939/italian-weather-flash-cards/
https://www.rocketlanguages.com/italian/lessons/weather-in-italian
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