How to Talk About the Weather in Brazilian Portuguese — Practice
A guided practice lesson with English explanations, Brazilian Portuguese examples, and answers you can check. Read the examples, recall the meaning, then say a version of your own.
Use está to describe what the weather is doing
Use Está… for many changing conditions you can observe: está chovendo (it is raining), está ventando (it is windy), and está nublado (it is cloudy). The verb agrees with the impersonal weather expression; you do not need to name a person or object doing the action.
To say that the weather is good or bad, you can say O tempo está bom or O tempo está ruim. These phrases are useful for a quick comment when you arrive somewhere or decide whether to continue an outdoor plan.
| Brazilian Portuguese | English meaning |
|---|---|
| Está chovendo agora. | It’s raining now. |
| O céu está nublado. | The sky is cloudy. |
| O tempo está bom para caminhar. | The weather is nice for a walk. |
Use faz with heat, cold, and other weather descriptions
Brazilian Portuguese commonly uses Faz calor (It is hot) and Faz frio (It is cold). This pattern can feel different from English because it literally uses fazer, but learn the complete phrase as a useful chunk. Add muito or um pouco to adjust the description.
Temperature words can describe how the day feels without giving a precise forecast. If someone says Está quente, they are describing a hot condition. Listen for the whole sentence and do not translate every verb in isolation.
| Brazilian Portuguese | English meaning |
|---|---|
| Hoje faz muito calor. | It’s very hot today. |
| De manhã fez um pouco de frio. | It was a little cold in the morning. |
| Está quente demais para correr agora. | It’s too hot to run now. |
Ask about the forecast before making a plan
Use Vai chover? to ask whether it is going to rain. Você sabe como vai ficar o tempo? asks how the weather is expected to be. These are practical questions before a walk, a trip, or an outdoor event; check a current forecast when a decision depends on exact conditions.
You can talk about time with amanhã (tomorrow), hoje à noite (tonight), and no fim de semana (on the weekend). If you are asking a local person, treat the answer as their expectation rather than a guaranteed forecast.
| Brazilian Portuguese | English meaning |
|---|---|
| Você sabe se vai chover amanhã? | Do you know if it will rain tomorrow? |
| Como vai ficar o tempo no fim de semana? | What is the weather going to be like this weekend? |
| Será que a chuva vai passar? | Do you think the rain will pass? |
Turn a weather comment into a short conversation
A weather observation can open a small exchange: say what you notice, ask one question, and respond to what the person says. You do not need a long forecast vocabulary list to make a natural comment about heat, rain, or a change in the sky.
Practice with weather you can see out the window. Real Life Portuguese helps you hear everyday pronunciation, and you can compare the patterns here with the practical questions in the I Speak Portuguese travel guides when you prepare for a trip.
| Brazilian Portuguese | English meaning |
|---|---|
| Que calor, né? Você prefere o verão ou o inverno? | It’s so hot, isn’t it? Do you prefer summer or winter? |
| Parece que vai chover. Você trouxe um guarda-chuva? | It looks like it’s going to rain. Did you bring an umbrella? |
| O tempo mudou rápido hoje. | The weather changed quickly today. |
Remember: Describe today with one está phrase and one faz phrase. Then ask a forecast question using amanhã or no fim de semana.
Check your understanding
Choose the English meaning of each Portuguese example. Answer before looking back at the tables. These questions check the written examples in this guide; they are not a listening or proficiency test.
Recall the Portuguese, then say it
Read the English prompt and say a Portuguese version before opening the answer. The answer shows the example from the lesson; other natural translations may also work. Compare the meaning and the situation rather than counting a different word as automatically wrong.
It’s raining now.
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Está chovendo agora.
The sky is cloudy.
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O céu está nublado.
The weather is nice for a walk.
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O tempo está bom para caminhar.
It’s very hot today.
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Hoje faz muito calor.
It was a little cold in the morning.
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De manhã fez um pouco de frio.
It’s too hot to run now.
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Está quente demais para correr agora.
Make the phrase useful to you
Choose one example you could actually use. Say it once from memory, then change one detail that fits your life, such as the person, place, time, or object. Check whether your change also needs a different verb form, article, or adjective ending. If it does, compare it with the pattern in the explanation.
Describe today with one está phrase and one faz phrase. Then ask a forecast question using amanhã or no fim de semana.
Return to two prompts tomorrow without opening the answers first. If a phrase still feels difficult, shorten it to a useful chunk and build the complete sentence again.
Sources and your next lesson
This I Speak Portuguese practice guide builds on our How to Talk About the Weather in Brazilian Portuguese lesson on Real Life Portuguese, with written recall tasks and additional speaking practice. The explanations and examples are teaching material; the practice questions are exercises, not a transcript of a recording.
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