| Amanecer, el amanecer, la madrugada | to dawn (dawn breaks), the dawn, the early a.m. |
| madrugar | get up very early |
| atardecer, anochecer | day wanes into afternoon, night falls |
Hace... |
It's.... |
| calor, mucho calor | warm, hot |
| frío, mucho frío | cold, freezing cold |
| fresco | cool |
| viento | windy |
| sol | sunny |
| buen tiempo | nice |
| mal tiempo | yucky |
Hay |
There is (there are) |
| niebla (cerrada) (fem.) | fog (thick) |
| una tormenta | a storm |
| nubes (fem.) | clouds |
| nieve (fem.) | snow |
| lluvia (fem.) | rain |
| neblina (fem.) | mist |
| llovizna (fem.), calabobos (masc.), morriña/morrina (fem.) | drizzle |
| rocío (masc.) | dew |
| escarcha (fem.) | frost |
| aguanieve (masc.) | sleet |
| copos (masc.) | flakes, snow flakes |
| el huracán, la galerna, el viento, la ventolera | hurricane, gale, wind, gusts |
La precipitación
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Precipitation**the action of any precipitation will always be a verb |
| Llover, llover a cántaros/a chuzos | to rain, to rain cats & dogs (pour) |
| el chaparrón, el chubasco, el aguacero | downpour, cloudburst |
| calar (estar calado), empapar (estar empapado) | to soak (to be soaked), to soak (to be soaked) |
| mojarse, estar mojado | to get wet, to be wet |
| la humedad, húmedo | humidity, humid |
| caer rocío | dew falls |
| caer escarcha, escarchar | frost falls (develops), to frost up |
| caer aguanieve | to sleet |
| nevar, nevado, nevada | to snow, snowy, snowfall |
| granizar, el granizo, el carámbano | to hail, the hail, the icicle |
| helar, hielo, helado, helada | to ice/freeze, the ice, icy/frozen, an iceover |
| congelar, congelado | to freeze, frozen |
| soplar, la brisa | to blow, breeze |
| el relámpago, relampaguear | lightening, to have lightening |
| el rayo, caer rayos, el trueno, tronar | lightening bolt, lightening strike, thunder, to thunder |
el pronóstico metereológico |
the weather forecast |
| la nube, el nubarrón, estar nublado | cloud, big thunderhead, be cloudy |
| nublarse, nublarse...el cielo, el sol | to cloud up, sky clouds up, sun clouds over |
| cielo nubloso, Estar encapotado | cloudy sky, to be covered with clouds |
| tiempo variable | variable/changeable weather |
| levantarse: el tiempo, las nubes, la niebla | To clear up: the weather, clouds, snow |
| Hay turbolencia, estar turbolento | there's turbulence, it's turbulent |
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