Talking about the weather in Portuguese
Está calor, está a chover, que frio! The weather is the easiest small talk in Portugal. Here's how to join in.
Está + adjective or noun
Está calor. / Está frio.
It's hot. / It's cold.
Está sol. / Está vento.
It's sunny. / It's windy.
Está nublado.
It's cloudy.
Rain
For rain happening now: está a chover. In general: no inverno chove muito no Minho. Light rain is chuvisco or morrinha (regional).
Small talk
Que calor que está hoje!
It's so hot today!
Parece que amanhã vai chover.
It looks like it's going to rain tomorrow.
The official forecast comes from IPMA, the Portuguese weather institute: a previsão do tempo.
Try thisFor yourself, use estar com or ter: estou com frio / tenho frio (I'm cold). Está frio is about the weather.
Quick check
“It's raining.”
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