50 weather words in Spanish with English translation
If you are visiting a Spanish-speaking country, you will want to know some weather words in Spanish. Weather is what people use in conversations as fillers when there is not much to say. It is an excellent and easiest way to start a conversation especially when you want to learn Spanish.
GENERAL WEATHER VOCABULARY SPANISH
- El clima, el tiempo (Weather)
- La Lluvia (Rain)
- El chaparrón, el aguacero (Downpour)
- La llovizna (Drizzle)
- El viento (Wind)
- El sol (Sun)
- La brisa (Breeze)
- Las nubes (Clouds)
- La tormenta, un temporal (Storm)
- La nieve (Snow)
- La presión atmosférica (the atmospheric pressure)
- Un huracán (Hurricane)
- Un tifón (Tyhoon)
- Húmedo (Dump)
- La contaminación del aire (Air pollution)
- El tiempo, Los pronósticos meteorológicos (Weather forcast)
- La meteorología (Meteorology)
- El monzón (the moosoon)
- La niebla (Fog)
- La niebla dispersa (Patchy fog)
- Nieve derretida (Sleet)
- Los claros (Bright intervals)
- El granizo (Hailstones)
- El hielo (Ice)
- La neblina (Mist)
- El relámpago (Lighting)
- El granizo (Hail)
- La temperatura (Temperature)
- El arcoíris (Rainbow)
- La helada (Frost)
- Los grados (Degrees)
- La inundación (Flood)
- La humedad (Humidity)
- El huracán (Hurricane)
- El tornado (Twister)
- La bruma, la niebla marina (Sea mist)
- La insolación (Sunstroke)
- El trueno (Thunder)
- El vendaval (Windstorm)
There are many weather words in Spanish and weather vocabulary in Spanish could also include seasons.
SEASONS IN SPANISH
- Las estaciones (Seasons)
- La primavera (Spring)
- El verano (Summer)
- El otoño (Autumn, Fall)
- El invierno (Winter)
- La estación (época) seca (Dry season)
- La estación (época) de las lluvias (Rainy season)
WEATHER VERBS
Describing weather in Spanish could also be done when conjugated in the third person singular.
- Diluviar (To pour)
- Neviscar (To snow slightly)
- Enfriar (To cool, to chill)
- Soplar (To blow)
- Escarchar (To frost)
- Helar (To freeze)
- Calentar (To warm)
- Despejar (To clear up)
- Aclarar (To clear)
- Escampar (To stop raining)
- Relampaguear (To flash)
- Lloviznar (To drizzle)
- Nevar (To snow)
- Nublarse (To cloud)
- Tronar (To thunder)
- Llover (To rain)
WEATHER COMMON PHRASES
Instead of using weather words in Spanish, one can also use common phrases like;
- ¡Me muero de calor/frío! (I’m dying of heat/cold!)
- ¡Me estoy congelando! (I’m freezing!)
- No hay ni una nube (There is not a cloud in the sky)
- Parece que será un día muy caluroso (It seem it will be scorcher)
- ¡Llueve a cantaros! (It is raining cats and dogs)
- ¡Llueve a mares! (It is raining the sees)
- ¡Hace un frío que pela! (It is so cold, it burns)
- La primavera, la sangre altera (Spring alters blood)
- Siempre que llovió, paró (Every time it rained, it stopped.)
- Es un horno fuera (It is an oven outside)
- Me muero de calor (I am dying of heat)
- Está quemando (Its burning up)
DESCRIBING WEATHER IN SPANISH
Describing weather in Spanish can also be done with verbs in action.
- Está soleado (It is sunny)
- Está nublado (It is cloudy)
- Está húmedo (It is humid)
- Está despejado (It is clear)
- Está lluvioso (It is rainy)
- Está oscuro (It is dark)
- Está tormentoso (It is stormy)
- Está ventoso (It is windy)
- Está nevando (It is snowing)
- Está lloviendo (It is raining)
- Hace (mucho) calor (It is (very) hot)
- Hace (mucho) frío (It is (very) cold)
- Hace sol (It is sunny)
- Hace viento (It is windy)
- Hace fresco (It is cool/chilly)
- Hace (muy) buen tiempo (The weather is (very) good)
- Hace (muy) mal tiempo (The weather is (very) bad)
- Hay tormenta (It is stormy)
- Hay nieve (There is snow)
- Hay viento (It is windy)
- Hay niebla (It is foggy)
- Hay relámpagos (It is lighting)
- Hay humedad (It is humid)
- Hay nubes (It is cloudy)
- Hay neblina (It is misty)
- Hay granizo (It is hailing)
As you learn Spanish you will realize that some weather expressions are used to mean different things depending on the situation. Here are some of the few expressions in Spanish that used to mean other stuff.
MORE WEATHER EXPRESSIONS IN SPANISH!
- Las nubes avanzan, no van y vienen. (Clouds move forward, they do not come to go.)
- Las temperaturas suben y bajan, pero es más correcto decir ascienden y descienden. (Temparatures can go up and down, but more correctly they go rise and descend)
- Llover a cántaros/a mares (It’s raining cats and dogs)
- Llover sobre mojado (Rain over wet means that nothing is new. It is simply more of the same.)
- Lluvia de ideas – Brainstorming (The contribution of many ideas.)
- Ser frío/ser como el hielo (Be like ice/ be cold, means a person does not express what they feel or think)
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