{"id":34,"date":"2026-10-15T17:03:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T15:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vocadial.com\/it\/risorse\/meteo-in-inglese\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T17:03:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T15:03:42","slug":"meteo-in-inglese","status":"publish","type":"vd_ressource","link":"https:\/\/vocadial.com\/it\/risorse\/meteo-in-inglese\/","title":{"rendered":"Il meteo in inglese: descrivere il tempo, la temperatura e le previsioni"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"chiedere-e-descrivere-il-tempo\">Chiedere e descrivere il tempo<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La domanda classica \u00e8 <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">What&#8217;s the weather like?<\/span> (Che tempo fa?); si sente anche <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">How&#8217;s the weather?<\/span> Non si dice \u00abWhat weather does it make?\u00bb, calco dell&#8217;italiano \u00abChe tempo fa?\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La risposta comincia con <strong>It&#8217;s<\/strong> (it is) seguito da un aggettivo: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s sunny.<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s cold.<\/span> Per il tempo in corso si usa il verbo alla forma progressiva: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s raining.<\/span> (sta piovendo), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s snowing.<\/span> (sta nevicando). Con un aggettivo o con un verbo il soggetto \u00e8 <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">it<\/span>: non esiste un equivalente di \u00abfa\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"gli-aggettivi-del-tempo\">Gli aggettivi del tempo<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La pronuncia \u00e8 data in IPA (inglese britannico) e con una trascrizione approssimativa all&#8217;italiana, solo come primo riferimento. La sillaba accentata \u00e8 in grassetto.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table vocab say-en\"><table><thead><tr><th>Inglese<\/th><th>Italiano<\/th><th>IPA<\/th><th>All&#8217;italiana (approssimativa)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>sunny<\/td><td>soleggiato<\/td><td>\/\u02c8s\u028cni\/<\/td><td><strong>s\u00e0<\/strong>-ni<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>cloudy<\/td><td>nuvoloso<\/td><td>\/\u02c8kla\u028adi\/<\/td><td><strong>cl\u00e0u<\/strong>-di<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>rainy<\/td><td>piovoso<\/td><td>\/\u02c8re\u026ani\/<\/td><td><strong>r\u00e8i<\/strong>-ni<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>windy<\/td><td>ventoso<\/td><td>\/\u02c8w\u026andi\/<\/td><td><strong>u\u00ecn<\/strong>-di<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>foggy<\/td><td>nebbioso<\/td><td>\/\u02c8f\u0252\u0261i\/<\/td><td><strong>f\u00f2g<\/strong>-ghi<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>snowy<\/td><td>nevoso<\/td><td>\/\u02c8sn\u0259\u028ai\/<\/td><td><strong>sn\u00f2u<\/strong>-i<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>stormy<\/td><td>tempestoso<\/td><td>\/\u02c8st\u0254\u02d0mi\/<\/td><td><strong>st\u00f2o<\/strong>-mi<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>icy<\/td><td>ghiacciato<\/td><td>\/\u02c8a\u026asi\/<\/td><td><strong>\u00e0i<\/strong>-si<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>hot<\/td><td>caldo<\/td><td>\/h\u0252t\/<\/td><td>hot<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>warm<\/td><td>mite, caldo<\/td><td>\/w\u0254\u02d0m\/<\/td><td>uoom<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>cool<\/td><td>fresco<\/td><td>\/ku\u02d0l\/<\/td><td>c\u00f9ul<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>cold<\/td><td>freddo<\/td><td>\/k\u0259\u028ald\/<\/td><td>c\u00f2uld<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>freezing<\/td><td>gelido<\/td><td>\/\u02c8fri\u02d0z\u026a\u014b\/<\/td><td><strong>fr\u00eci<\/strong>-zing<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gli aggettivi si formano dal nome aggiungendo -y: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">sun<\/span> \u2192 <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">sunny<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">rain<\/span> \u2192 <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">rainy<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">cloud<\/span> \u2192 <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">cloudy<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">wind<\/span> \u2192 <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">windy<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">fog<\/span> \u2192 <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">foggy<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">snow<\/span> \u2192 <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">snowy<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">ice<\/span> \u2192 <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">icy<\/span>. Nei nomi di una sola sillaba che finiscono con una consonante dopo una vocale breve (sun, fog) la consonante raddoppia: sunny, foggy.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Le frasi con \u00abit\u00bb<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">It&#8217;s sunny today.<\/span><small>Oggi c&#8217;\u00e8 il sole.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">It&#8217;s cloudy and windy.<\/span><small>\u00c8 nuvoloso e c&#8217;\u00e8 vento.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">It&#8217;s raining.<\/span><small>Sta piovendo.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">It&#8217;s snowing in the mountains.<\/span><small>Sta nevicando in montagna.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">It&#8217;s very hot.<\/span><small>Fa molto caldo.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">It&#8217;s freezing!<\/span><small>Si gela!<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">There&#8217;s a lot of fog this morning.<\/span><small>C&#8217;\u00e8 molta nebbia stamattina.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">There&#8217;s a thunderstorm.<\/span><small>C&#8217;\u00e8 un temporale.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">What a lovely day!<\/span><small>Che bella giornata!<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Con un nome, al posto di it + aggettivo, si usa <strong>there is \/ there are<\/strong>: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">There&#8217;s fog.<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">There are clouds in the sky.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"fa-caldo-o-ho-caldo\">\u00abFa caldo\u00bb o \u00abho caldo\u00bb?<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Questo punto crea spesso errori. L&#8217;italiano usa \u00abfa\u00bb per il tempo e \u00abho\u00bb per la sensazione; l&#8217;inglese usa in entrambi i casi il verbo essere, ma con soggetti diversi.<\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list rules-list\"><li><strong>Il tempo: \u00abit is\u00bb.<\/strong> <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s hot.<\/span> (Fa caldo.) <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s cold.<\/span> (Fa freddo.)<\/li><li><strong>La sensazione di una persona: \u00abI am\u00bb.<\/strong> <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">I&#8217;m hot.<\/span> (Ho caldo.) <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">I&#8217;m cold.<\/span> (Ho freddo.) Non si dice \u00abI have cold\u00bb n\u00e9 \u00abit has cold\u00bb.<\/li><li><strong>\u00abI&#8217;ve got a cold\u00bb \u00e8 un raffreddore.<\/strong> <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">I&#8217;ve got a cold.<\/span> significa \u00abho il raffreddore\u00bb, non \u00abho freddo\u00bb.<\/li><li><strong>Per le abitudini si usa il presente semplice.<\/strong> <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It rains a lot in Scotland.<\/span> (In Scozia piove spesso.) <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It snows in January.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"la-temperatura-celsius-e-fahrenheit\">La temperatura: Celsius e Fahrenheit<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nel Regno Unito e in Italia le temperature si danno in gradi <strong>Celsius<\/strong> (<span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">\u00b0C<\/span>); negli Stati Uniti si usano i gradi <strong>Fahrenheit<\/strong> (<span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">\u00b0F<\/span>). Il punto di congelamento dell&#8217;acqua \u00e8 0 \u00b0C, cio\u00e8 32 \u00b0F; 20 \u00b0C sono 68 \u00b0F; 30 \u00b0C sono 86 \u00b0F.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">It&#8217;s twenty degrees.<\/span><small>Ci sono venti gradi.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">It&#8217;s minus five.<\/span><small>Ci sono cinque gradi sotto zero.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">The temperature is 18 degrees Celsius.<\/span><small>La temperatura \u00e8 di 18 gradi Celsius.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">It&#8217;s seventy degrees Fahrenheit.<\/span><small>Sono settanta gradi Fahrenheit (circa 21 \u00b0C).<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Si dice <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">degrees<\/span> per i gradi e <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">minus<\/span> per le temperature sotto zero; si sente anche <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">five below zero<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"le-previsioni-del-tempo\">Le previsioni del tempo<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le previsioni si chiamano <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">the weather forecast<\/span>. Per il futuro si usano <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">will<\/span> e <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">going to<\/span>: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">Tomorrow will be sunny.<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s going to rain this afternoon.<\/span> Le espressioni pi\u00f9 frequenti sono:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">showers<\/span> (rovesci), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">heavy rain<\/span> (pioggia forte), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">light rain<\/span> (pioggia leggera), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">drizzle<\/span> (pioggerella)<\/li><li><span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">sunny spells<\/span> (schiarite), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">scattered showers<\/span> (rovesci sparsi)<\/li><li><span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">a thunderstorm<\/span> (un temporale), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">thunder<\/span> (tuono), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">lightning<\/span> (fulmini), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">a rainbow<\/span> (un arcobaleno)<\/li><li><span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">a heatwave<\/span> (un&#8217;ondata di caldo), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">a gale<\/span> (burrasca)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">Tomorrow it will be cloudy with a chance of rain.<\/span><small>Domani sar\u00e0 nuvoloso, con possibilit\u00e0 di pioggia.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">There will be showers in the north.<\/span><small>Ci saranno rovesci al nord.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">Take an umbrella, it&#8217;s going to rain.<\/span><small>Prendi l&#8217;ombrello, sta per piovere.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"gli-errori-tipici-degli-studenti-italiani\">Gli errori tipici degli studenti italiani<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>\u00abHow is the weather making?\u00bb<\/strong> o \u00abWhat does it make?\u00bb calcati su \u00abChe tempo fa?\u00bb: la forma corretta \u00e8 <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">What&#8217;s the weather like?<\/span><\/li><li><strong>\u00abI have hot\u00bb o \u00abI have cold\u00bb<\/strong>: si dice <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">I&#8217;m hot<\/span> e <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">I&#8217;m cold<\/span>.<\/li><li><strong>\u00abCold\u00bb e \u00aba cold\u00bb<\/strong>: freddo e raffreddore.<\/li><li><strong>\u00abIt has sun\u00bb<\/strong> al posto di <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s sunny<\/span>, o \u00abIt&#8217;s making sun\u00bb.<\/li><li><strong>Weather e whether<\/strong>: la prima \u00e8 \u00abtempo\u00bb, la seconda \u00abse\u00bb: si pronunciano di solito allo stesso modo ma si scrivono in modo diverso.<\/li><li><strong>La pronuncia di weather<\/strong>: il gruppo th \u00e8 il suono sonoro \/\u00f0\/, con la lingua tra i denti (\u00abu\u00e8dha\u00bb), e non \u00abu\u00e8ter\u00bb.<\/li><li><strong>Il nome weather<\/strong>, singolare e non numerabile: \u00abthe weathers\u00bb o \u00abthe weather are\u00bb sono errori.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"in-classe-il-rituale-del-meteo\">In classe: il rituale del meteo<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Descrivere il tempo che fa \u00e8 un rituale naturale, perch\u00e9 \u00e8 concreto e cambia ogni giorno. Si pu\u00f2 guardare fuori dalla finestra o proiettare il tempo di una citt\u00e0 del mondo.<\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list steps-list\"><li>Si sceglie un luogo: la citt\u00e0 della scuola o una citt\u00e0 lontana.<\/li><li>Si chiede <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">What&#8217;s the weather like in London?<\/span> e la classe descrive il tempo con una frase.<\/li><li>Si svela la risposta e si scrive alla lavagna la frase completa: \u00e8 la correzione, per tutti.<\/li><li>Si passa a un confronto o a una previsione e il ruolo di conduttore ruota ogni giorno.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list levels-list\"><li><b>A1<\/b>Una frase semplice: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s sunny.<\/span><\/li><li><b>A2<\/b>Tempo e temperatura: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s cloudy and it&#8217;s twelve degrees.<\/span><\/li><li><b>B1<\/b>Confronti e previsioni: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s colder in Milan than in Rome. Tomorrow it will rain.<\/span><\/li><li><b>B2<\/b>Descrizioni pi\u00f9 ricche: <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s a grey day with scattered showers, so you&#8217;ll need a waterproof jacket.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Una frase ripetuta ogni giorno aiuta a fissare il lessico. \u00c8 esattamente ci\u00f2 che fa un rituale quotidiano.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Il vocabolario del meteo in inglese, le frasi per descrivere il tempo e le previsioni, Celsius e Fahrenheit, gli errori degli italiani e un rituale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"menu_order":24,"template":"","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"Il meteo in inglese: parole, frasi e previsioni | VocaDial","_seopress_titles_desc":"Come descrivere il tempo in inglese: sunny, cloudy, It's raining, gradi Celsius e Fahrenheit, previsioni, errori degli italiani e un rituale di classe.","_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","_vd_minutes":"8","_vd_card_word":"It's sunny.","_vd_answer":"Per chiedere il tempo si dice <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">What's the weather like?<\/span> e si risponde con it's + aggettivo (<span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It's sunny<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It's cold<\/span>) o con un verbo (<span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It's raining<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It's snowing<\/span>). 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