{"id":57,"date":"2026-09-30T15:57:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leweb2ks.dev\/vitrine-vocadial\/es\/recursos\/el-tiempo-en-ingles\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T15:57:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:57:40","slug":"el-tiempo-en-ingles","status":"publish","type":"vd_ressource","link":"https:\/\/vocadial.com\/es\/recursos\/el-tiempo-en-ingles\/","title":{"rendered":"El tiempo en ingl\u00e9s: vocabulario, frases y ritual de clase"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"preguntar-que-tiempo-hace\">Preguntar qu\u00e9 tiempo hace<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">What&#8217;s the weather like today?<\/span><small>\u00bfQu\u00e9 tiempo hace hoy?<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">How&#8217;s the weather in London?<\/span><small>\u00bfQu\u00e9 tal tiempo hace en Londres?<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">What&#8217;s it like outside?<\/span><small>\u00bfC\u00f3mo est\u00e1 la cosa ah\u00ed fuera?<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">What&#8217;s the temperature?<\/span><small>\u00bfQu\u00e9 temperatura hace?<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"note wp-block-paragraph\">Un error muy extendido: \u00abHow is the weather like?\u00bb. Se dice <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">What&#8217;s the weather like?<\/span> o <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">How&#8217;s the weather?<\/span>, pero nunca \u00abhow\u00bb y \u00ablike\u00bb en la misma pregunta.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">Weather<\/span> es incontable: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">What lovely weather!<\/span>, sin \u00aba\u00bb, y nunca \u00abweathers\u00bb. Se pronuncia \u00abu\u00e9-dha(r)\u00bb, con la \u00abth\u00bb suave de \u00abnada\u00bb, igual que <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">whether<\/span> (\u00absi\u00bb): son hom\u00f3fonos, y los alumnos los confunden al escribir.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El tiempo de hoy es <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">the weather<\/span>; el de una regi\u00f3n a lo largo de los a\u00f1os es <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">the climate<\/span>. Ojo: en espa\u00f1ol se oye cada vez m\u00e1s \u00abel clima\u00bb por \u00abel tiempo que hace\u00bb; en ingl\u00e9s, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">climate<\/span> no sirve para eso.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"it-s-adjetivo-la-formula-basica\">It&#8217;s + adjetivo: la f\u00f3rmula b\u00e1sica<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lo que el espa\u00f1ol reparte entre \u00abhace\u00bb, \u00abest\u00e1\u00bb y \u00abhay\u00bb, el ingl\u00e9s lo resuelve casi siempre con <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">it&#8217;s<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table vocab say-en\"><table><thead><tr><th>Ingl\u00e9s<\/th><th>Espa\u00f1ol<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>It&#8217;s sunny.<\/td><td>Hace sol.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>It&#8217;s cloudy.<\/td><td>Est\u00e1 nublado.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>It&#8217;s windy.<\/td><td>Hace viento.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>It&#8217;s foggy.<\/td><td>Hay niebla.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>It&#8217;s rainy.<\/td><td>Est\u00e1 lluvioso.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>It&#8217;s stormy.<\/td><td>Hay tormenta.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>It&#8217;s hot.<\/td><td>Hace calor.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>It&#8217;s warm.<\/td><td>Hace buena temperatura, templado.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>It&#8217;s cool.<\/td><td>Hace fresco.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>It&#8217;s cold.<\/td><td>Hace fr\u00edo.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>It&#8217;s freezing.<\/td><td>Hace un fr\u00edo que pela.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>It&#8217;s humid.<\/td><td>Hay mucha humedad, hace bochorno.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>It&#8217;s nice. \/ It&#8217;s lovely.<\/td><td>Hace bueno.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list rules-list\"><li><strong>Sustantivo + y = adjetivo.<\/strong> <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">sun<\/span> da <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">sunny<\/span> (dobla la \u00abn\u00bb), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">fog<\/span> da <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">foggy<\/span> (dobla la \u00abg\u00bb), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">cloud<\/span> da <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">cloudy<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">wind<\/span> da <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">windy<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">rain<\/span> da <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">rainy<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">snow<\/span> da <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">snowy<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">storm<\/span> da <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">stormy<\/span>.<\/li><li><strong>Lo que pasa ahora, en presente continuo.<\/strong> <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s raining.<\/span> <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s snowing.<\/span> Lo habitual, en presente simple: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It rains a lot in Galicia.<\/span><\/li><li><strong>There is tambi\u00e9n existe.<\/strong> <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">There&#8217;s a storm coming.<\/span> <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">There&#8217;s a lot of fog on the motorway.<\/span> Es correcto, pero para describir el d\u00eda a d\u00eda, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s foggy<\/span> suena m\u00e1s natural.<\/li><li><strong>Las personas no \u00abtienen\u00bb fr\u00edo.<\/strong> <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">I&#8217;m cold.<\/span> <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">I&#8217;m hot.<\/span> \u00abI have cold\u00bb no existe, y <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">I have a cold<\/span> significa \u00abestoy resfriado\u00bb.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Llover poco, llover mucho<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s drizzling.<\/span> Llovizna, chispea. En el Reino Unido, coloquialmente, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s spitting.<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">a shower<\/span>: un chubasco. <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s showery.<\/span>: hay chubascos.<\/li><li><span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s pouring.<\/span> o <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s pouring down.<\/span>: llueve a c\u00e1ntaros. En el Reino Unido, muy coloquial: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s chucking it down.<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s raining cats and dogs.<\/span>: la expresi\u00f3n que todos los alumnos conocen. Es correcta, pero hoy los hablantes nativos la usan poco, casi siempre en broma.<\/li><li><span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s hailing.<\/span> Graniza. <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">thunder<\/span> y <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">lightning<\/span>: trueno y rel\u00e1mpago.<\/li><li><span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s frosty.<\/span> Hay escarcha. <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s icy.<\/span> Hay hielo en el suelo. <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">a heatwave<\/span>: una ola de calor.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"grados-celsius-y-fahrenheit\">Grados Celsius y Fahrenheit<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En el Reino Unido, las previsiones y la escuela usan grados Celsius. Algunos brit\u00e1nicos, sobre todo los mayores, siguen hablando del calor en Fahrenheit en la conversaci\u00f3n. En Estados Unidos, el tiempo se da en Fahrenheit.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table vocab say-en\"><table><thead><tr><th>Ingl\u00e9s<\/th><th>\u00b0C<\/th><th>\u00b0F<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>minus ten degrees<\/td><td>\u201310 \u00b0C<\/td><td>14 \u00b0F<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>zero degrees \/ freezing point<\/td><td>0 \u00b0C<\/td><td>32 \u00b0F<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ten degrees<\/td><td>10 \u00b0C<\/td><td>50 \u00b0F<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>twenty degrees<\/td><td>20 \u00b0C<\/td><td>68 \u00b0F<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>thirty degrees<\/td><td>30 \u00b0C<\/td><td>86 \u00b0F<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>forty degrees<\/td><td>40 \u00b0C<\/td><td>104 \u00b0F<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La f\u00f3rmula exacta es \u00b0F = \u00b0C \u00d7 1,8 + 32. Para calcular de cabeza sirve una aproximaci\u00f3n: el doble m\u00e1s treinta (20 \u00b0C, unos 70 \u00b0F).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">It&#8217;s twenty-three degrees.<\/span><small>Hace veintitr\u00e9s grados.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">It&#8217;s minus five.<\/span><small>Estamos a cinco bajo cero.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">It&#8217;s five below.<\/span><small>Estamos a cinco bajo cero. (EE. UU., en Fahrenheit)<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">It&#8217;s in the thirties.<\/span><small>Estamos a m\u00e1s de treinta grados.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F\u00edjate en que <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">degrees<\/span> va en plural incluso con cero: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">zero degrees<\/span>. Solo <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">one degree<\/span> va en singular.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"la-prevision-hablar-del-tiempo-que-hara\">La previsi\u00f3n: hablar del tiempo que har\u00e1<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">The forecast says it will rain tomorrow.<\/span><small>La previsi\u00f3n dice que ma\u00f1ana llover\u00e1.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">Look at those clouds! It&#8217;s going to rain.<\/span><small>\u00a1Mira esas nubes! Va a llover.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">Tomorrow will be sunny, with highs of twenty-four degrees.<\/span><small>Ma\u00f1ana har\u00e1 sol, con m\u00e1ximas de veinticuatro grados.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">There will be showers in the north.<\/span><small>Habr\u00e1 chubascos en el norte.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La previsi\u00f3n es un buen momento para contrastar <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">will<\/span> (predicci\u00f3n) y <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">going to<\/span> (predicci\u00f3n basada en lo que se ve). El parte brit\u00e1nico tiene adem\u00e1s sus f\u00f3rmulas fijas: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">sunny spells<\/span> (intervalos de sol), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">outbreaks of rain<\/span> (lluvias), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">highs<\/span> y <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">lows<\/span> (m\u00e1ximas y m\u00ednimas).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Y un apunte cultural: en el Reino Unido, el tiempo es el tema de conversaci\u00f3n por excelencia para romper el hielo. <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">Lovely day, isn&#8217;t it?<\/span> o <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">Miserable weather, isn&#8217;t it?<\/span> son ideales para practicar las <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">question tags<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"en-clase-el-ritual-del-tiempo\">En clase: el ritual del tiempo<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Decir qu\u00e9 tiempo hace fuera es el ritual m\u00e1s aut\u00e9ntico que existe: la respuesta cambia cada d\u00eda y nadie la conoce de antemano. Con el tiempo real de varias ciudades del mundo, es exactamente lo que hace un ritual diario.<\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list steps-list\"><li>Proyecta un mapa con varias ciudades y el tiempo real del d\u00eda.<\/li><li>Se\u00f1ala una ciudad y pregunta <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">What&#8217;s the weather like in Edinburgh?<\/span><\/li><li>La clase responde en voz alta: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s cloudy and it&#8217;s twelve degrees.<\/span><\/li><li>Desvela la respuesta y compara con tu ciudad: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s warmer here.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adaptar al nivel del grupo<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list levels-list\"><li><b>A1<\/b>It&#8217;s + adjetivo: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s sunny.<\/span><\/li><li><b>A2<\/b>Tiempo y temperatura, presente continuo: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s raining and it&#8217;s nine degrees.<\/span><\/li><li><b>B1<\/b>Comparativos y previsi\u00f3n: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s colder than in Madrid, and it&#8217;s going to snow.<\/span><\/li><li><b>B2<\/b>Matices, Fahrenheit y registro coloquial: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s pouring down, and it&#8217;s barely forty degrees Fahrenheit.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En Primaria, un panel del tiempo con s\u00edmbolos y un \u00abhombre del tiempo\u00bb distinto cada d\u00eda funcionan muy bien. En Bachillerato o en la EOI, introduce expresiones: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">to feel under the weather<\/span> (estar pachucho), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">come rain or shine<\/span> (llueva o truene), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">every cloud has a silver lining<\/span> (no hay mal que por bien no venga) y la brit\u00e1nica <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">a storm in a teacup<\/span> (una tormenta en un vaso de agua; en EE. UU., <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">a tempest in a teapot<\/span>).<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"errores-tipicos-de-los-alumnos-hispanohablantes\">Errores t\u00edpicos de los alumnos hispanohablantes<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Calcar \u00abhace\u00bb: \u00abIt makes cold\u00bb, \u00abIt does sun\u00bb. Correcto: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s cold.<\/span> <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s sunny.<\/span><\/li><li>Calcar \u00abtengo fr\u00edo\u00bb: \u00abI have cold\u00bb. Correcto: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">I&#8217;m cold.<\/span><\/li><li>Mezclar las dos preguntas: \u00abHow is the weather like?\u00bb<\/li><li>Poner art\u00edculo a un incontable: \u00abWhat a nice weather!\u00bb Correcto: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">What nice weather!<\/span><\/li><li>Usar el presente simple para lo que est\u00e1 ocurriendo: \u00abLook, it rains!\u00bb Correcto: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">Look, it&#8217;s raining!<\/span><\/li><li>Decir \u00abThere is sun\u00bb. Correcto: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s sunny.<\/span> o <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">The sun is shining.<\/span><\/li><li>Olvidar la consonante doble: \u00absuny\u00bb, \u00abfogy\u00bb.<\/li><li>Pronunciar weather como \u00abu\u00e9der\u00bb o warm como worm: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">warm<\/span> suena \u00abuoom\u00bb; <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">worm<\/span> (gusano), \u00abuerm\u00bb.<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preguntar y decir qu\u00e9 tiempo hace en ingl\u00e9s, pasar de Celsius a Fahrenheit y convertirlo en un ritual diario de un minuto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"El tiempo en ingl\u00e9s: vocabulario y frases | VocaDial","_seopress_titles_desc":"C\u00f3mo decir el tiempo en ingl\u00e9s: What's the weather like?, It's sunny, It's raining, grados Celsius y Fahrenheit, previsiones y un ritual para la clase.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"_vd_topic":"meteo","_vd_target":"en","_vd_module":"tiempo","_vd_level":"A1\u2013A2","_vd_minutes":"7","_vd_card_word":"It's sunny\u2026","_vd_answer":"Para preguntar por el tiempo en ingl\u00e9s se dice \u00abWhat's the weather like?\u00bb. 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