HOW TO TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER IN ITALIAN

THE WEATHER IN ITALIAN

Hello students,
my name is Federica, I am an Italian teacher here in Verbling and I want to help you to improve your Italian. I am writing, therefore, this post for you, your friends and your family.
Today we are talking about THE WEATHER IN ITALIAN and EXPRESSIONS RELATED WITH THE WEATHER.
English people talk about the weather to break the ice. In Italian is very similar. So, I have decided to talk about it.

BAD WEATHER IN ITALIAN ,BRUTTO TEMPO IN ITALIANO

Most expressions are related to bad weather or BRUTTO TEMPO, however, we prefer sunny days. We are talking about some of them:

NEVE is snow in Italian and NEVICARE is to snow. 
Children enjoy the snow, whereas, generally, adults hate it. 
PUPAZZO DI NEVE is a snowman in Italian and PALLA DI NEVE is snowball.
Examples:
La neve è bianca. 
Quando nevica fa freddo. FA FREDDO means it´s cold.
Mi piace fare un pupazzo di neve.
I bambini giocano con le palle di neve.

PIOGGIA is rain and PIOVERE is to rain.
There are different intensity of rain:
PIOVE A CATINELLE is it rains cats and dogs 
PIOVIGGINARE is to drizzle.
Examples:
La pioggia è fine. 
Non smette di piovere. It doesn´t stop raining.
Sta piovigginando. 
Ha piovuto tutto il giorno a catinelle.

GRANDINARE is to hail
GRANDINE is hail.
Examples:
La grandine ha fatto dei buchi nelle foglie. The hail holed leaves.
Grandina da stamattina.

VENTO is wind
There are different types of winds:
TRAMONTANA, SCIROCCO, MISTRAL ETC.
RAFFICA DI VENTO is a gust of wind.
Examples:
C´è vento da ieri.
Le raffiche di vento sono a 110 chilometri all´ora.

URAGANO is hurricane; MONSONE is monsoon; TIFONE is a typhoon.
Examples:
C´è stato un uragano qui in America.
Il monsone ha allagato le pianure. The Monson flooded the lowlands.
Il tifone è durato due giorni.

NUVOLOSO is cloudy.
Example:
Oggi è nuvoloso.

NEBBIA is fog
NEBBIOSO is foggy.
BANCO DI NEBBIA is fog bank.
Examples:
La nebbia è densa. The fog is dense.
Oggi è nebbioso.
Ci sono dei banchi di nebbia stamattina.

GOOD WEATHER IN ITALIAN, BEL TEMPO IN ITALIANO

We like good weather or BEL TEMPO. Generally, we go out when it´s sunny.

C´È IL SOLE is it´s sunny
C´È UN SOLE CHE SPACCA LE PIETRE. This expression is used in summer when the sun is hot. It means it is hot as the Devil´s own oven out there. 
Examples:
C´è il sole stamattina, ma oggi pomeriggio pioverà.
Fa caldo. C´è un sole che spacca le pietre.
FA CALDO is it is hot.
È MITE is it is warm.

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Federica