Weather vocabulary Clima
19 Portuguese words on the topic of weather — with pictures, audio recordings and example sentences. Weather with estar and fazer: está calor, faz frio.
| Picture | English | Portuguese · Português | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | weather | o clima | Masculine despite the -a: o clima, like o problema. Everyday 'weather' is usually o tempo. |
 | it's hot | faz calor | With fazer: faz calor (lit. 'it makes heat'). |
 | it's cold | faz frio | Same fazer pattern as faz calor; frio is also the adjective 'cold'. |
 | it's sunny | faz sol | Lit. 'it makes sun'; está ensolarado is another way to say it. |
 | it's windy | faz vento | In Brazil you also hear está ventando ('it's blowing'). |
 | cloudy | nublado | Used with estar: está nublado. Related to a nuvem (cloud). |
 | rain | a chuva | ch sounds like 'sh': SHOO-vah. The verb is chover (to rain). |
 | it's raining | está chovendo | Brazilian gerund: está chovendo. 🇵🇹 Portugalin Portugal, está a chover. |
 | snow | a neve | The verb is nevar (to snow). |
 | it's snowing | está nevando | Same pattern as está chovendo. 🇵🇹 PortugalPortugal says está a nevar. |
 | storm | a tempestade | -dade nouns are feminine. 🔗 RootCognate of 'tempest'. |
 | lightning | o raio | Also means 'ray'; the flash in the sky is o relâmpago, the bolt that strikes is o raio. |
 | thunder | o trovão | Plural: trovões (-ão → -ões). A thunderstorm is a trovoada. |
 | cloud | a nuvem | Plural nuvens. Final -em is nasal — no real 'm' sound. |
 | wind | o vento | a strong windstorm is a ventania. 🔗 RootSame root as 'ventilation'. |
 | rainbow | o arco-íris | Lit. 'arch of Iris' (the rainbow goddess); note the hyphen. |
 | umbrella | o guarda-chuva | Lit. 'rain-guard'; a sunshade is a guarda-sol. |
 | temperature | a temperatura | |
 | degrees | os graus | Singular o grau; also 'degree' in the academic sense. |