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ENGLISH VOCABULARY: WEATHER

Nouns Adjectives
hurricane huracn
gale vendaval
storm tormenta stormy tempestuoso
thunderstorm tormenta de truenos
blizzard
fuerte tormenta de nieva
de larga duracin

shower aguacero cloudy nublado
cloud nube overcast nublado
sunshine sol sunny soleado
clear claro
thunder trueno
lightning relmpago

fine /
good
bueno
bad malo


bleak muy fro y gris

Nouns Adjectives
wind viento windy ventoso
breeze brisa breezy airosa
fog neblina foggy nebuloso
humidity humedad
humid;
damp
hmedo
mist bruma misty brumoso
dew roco
sleet aguanieve
drizzle llovizna
hail granizo
frost escarcha frosty escarchado
dry seco
hot caluroso
warm templado


boiling
scorching
baking
calor achicharrante
(hirviendo, abrasando,
horneando)
cold fro
chilly fro / fresquito
freezing helado


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Verbs
to rain llover It rains a lot in England.
to pour
llover a
cntaros
Its pouring! Take your umbrella!
to drizzle lloviznar Its only drizzling now.
to hail
granizar When it hails you should put your car in
the garage.
to sleet
caer
aguanieve
Its sleeting and very cold.
to shower
caer un
chaparrn
Its started to shower; Im sure to get
wet.
to snow nevar Its snowing hard now.
to frost helar It frosted last night.
to thunder
tronar Its thundering theres going to be a
storm.
to blow soplar The wind is blowing hard!
to cloud
over
nublarse
Look, its clouded over.



In English most weather expressions begin with Its .
It's foggy. Hay niebla
It is raining.
or
It rains a lot in Spring
Llueve.

It's misty.
Hay neblina
It is snowing.
or
It snows a lot in
Norway.
Nieva.
It's lightning.
Hay
relmpagos
It is thundering. Truena.
It's humid. Hay humedad.
It is drizzling. or
It drizzles quite often
in Autumn.
Llovizna.

It's cloudy.
Hay nubes. It's hailing. Hay granizo.

It's pouring.

Hay lluvias
torrenciales.
It's windy. Hace viento
Its sunny.
or
The sun is
shining.
Hay sol.

There's a windstorm.
Hay un
vendaval.

The moon is
out.
Hay luna.




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Temperature

temperature

temperatura

Celsius


Celsius

degree

grado

Fahrenheit

Fahrenheit

barometer

barmetro


pressure

presin



Expressing probability

possible

posible impossible imposible
probable probable likely probable

unlikely

improbable

highly unlikely altamente improbable