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Weather Expressions- Expressions do Tempo
Portuguese
English
Faz (muito) frio.
It's (very) cold.
Faz frio no Sul do Brasil.
It's cold in the south of Brazil.
Faz (muito) calor.
It's (very) hot.
Faz calor no nordeste.
It's hot in northeast Brazil.
Venta (muito).
It's (very) windy.
Venta muito em Fortaleza.
It's very windy in Fortaleza.
Neva (muito).
It snows (a lot).
Neva um pouco no Chile.
It snows a little in Chile.
Chove (muito).
It rains (a lot).
Chove muito em Manaus.
It rains a lot in Manaus.
Sometimes it is common to state how the weather is at the moment of speech. In this case
you should use the verb estar (to be) plus the weather expression, as in the following
examples:
Current Weather
Portuguese
English
Está fazendo frio hoje.
It's cold today.
Está fazendo calor hoje.
It's hot today.
Está ventando muito.
It's very windy.
Está nublado.
It's cloudy.
Está húmido!
It's humid!
Tem neblina na estrada.
There is fog on the road.
Tem relâmpago e trovoada.
There is lightening and thunder.
O tempo está feio!
The weather is ugly./It will rain.
O tempo está bonito!
The weather is nice.
It's really hot in the Amazon._________________________________
It does not snow in Brazil.___________________________________
It's hot in the North of Brazil._________________________________
There is some fog on the road.________________________________
The weather is nice today.____________________________________
o tempo –the weather
furacão –hurricane
inundação, enchente –flood
terremoto –earthquake
tempestade –storm
tornado –tornado
abaixo de zero –below zero
graus –degrees
avalanche - avalanche
a chuva –rain
