Every weather word on the CEFR-levelled Lock&Learn Spanish lists with its meaning, the beginner ones in a real sentence. Filter it, flip it into flashcards, or carry it on your Lock Screen with Lock&Learn Spanish.
Weather and nature words in Spanish: rain, snow, wind, sun, hot and cold, and the landscape around them, mountains, rivers, the sea and the sky. Spanish talks about the weather with hacer: hace calor (it is hot), hace frío (it is cold), hace sol (it is sunny), and llueve for rain.
In Lock&Learn Spanish these words sit in their level packs (Beginner, Elementary, Intermediate, Upper Intermediate and more), one per glance on the widget: a word waits on the widget, readable from day one; one tap reveals the meaning and a real sentence. Beginner is free in full; every other pack opens with a free preview.
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| Word | Meaning | Level | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| frío | cold | A1 | ¡Hace frío hoy!It is cold today. |
| sol | the sun | A1 | ¡Hoy hace mucho sol!It is very sunny today. |
| cielo | sky or heaven | A1 | El cielo es azul hoy.The sky is blue today. |
| montaña | mountain | A1 | ¿La montaña es alta?The mountain is very high. |
| mar | sea | A1 | ¡El mar es azul!The sea is blue. |
| río | river | A1 | ¿Es grande el río?Is the river big? |
| playa | beach | A1 | ¿Hoy vamos a la playa?We are going to the beach today. |
| isla | island | A1 | ¿Esa isla es pequeña?Is that island small? |
| campo | countryside | A1 | Voy al campo los domingos.I go to the countryside on Sundays. |
| llover | to rain | A1 | Está lloviendo mucho.It is raining a lot. |
| nevar | to snow | A1 | En invierno nieva mucho.It often snows a lot in winter. |
| hacer viento | to be windy | A1 | Hoy hace viento.It is windy outside today. |
| lluvia | rain | A1 | Hoy hay mucha lluvia.It is raining a lot today. |
| nieve | snow | A1 | ¡La nieve es blanca!The snow is white. |
| nube | cloud | A1 | Hay una nube blanca en el cielo.There is a white cloud in the sky. |
| aire | air | A1 | Hay mucho aire fresco hoy.There is a lot of fresh air today. |
| planta | plant | A1 | ¿Está mi planta en el jardín?My plant is in the garden. |
| flor | flower | A1 | Esta flor es muy bonita.This flower is very pretty. |
| árbol | tree | A1 | El árbol es muy alto.The tree is very tall. |
| temperatura | temperature | A2 | |
| grado centígrado | degree celsius | A2 | |
| ola de calor | heat wave | A2 | |
| grados | degrees of measurement | A2 | |
| fresco | cool or fresh | A2 | |
| húmedo | humid or damp | A2 | |
| naturaleza | nature | A2 | |
| parque natural | nature park | A2 | |
| arena | sand | A2 | |
| olas | waves | A2 | |
| luna | the moon | A2 | |
| estrella | a star | A2 | |
| planeta | a planet | A2 | |
| desierto | desert | A2 | |
| bosque | forest | A2 | |
| costa | coast | A2 | |
| niebla | fog | A2 | |
| tormenta | storm | A2 | |
| rosa | rose | A2 | |
| paisaje | landscape | A2 | |
| valle | low area between mountains | A2 | |
| lago | lake | A2 | |
| selva | dense tropical forest | A2 | |
| cascada | waterfall | A2 | |
| tierra | dirt, ground, or soil | A2 | |
| hielo | ice | A2 | |
| nublarse | to become cloudy | A2 | |
| hierba | grass | A2 | |
| trueno | thunder | B1 | |
| nublar | to become cloudy | B2 | |
| llover a mares | to pour with rain | B2 | |
| llover a cántaros | to pour with rain | B2 | |
| temporal | severe storm | B2 | |
| borrasca | storm, low-pressure system | B2 | |
| diluviar | to pour (with rain) | B2 | |
| tronar | to sound like thunder | B2 | |
| tifón | typhoon | B2 | |
| poniente | west / westerly wind | C1 | |
| nubarrón | storm cloud | C1 | |
| siroco | sirocco (hot wind) | C1 | |
| chispear | to drizzle, to spit (rain) | C1 | |
| tramontano | a strong, cold north wind blowing in the Mediterranean | C2 | |
| alisio | trade wind | C2 | |
| jarrear | to rain heavily | C2 |
Word lists follow the Plan Curricular del Instituto Cervantes inventories, with Lock&Learn's own level calibration. Definitions adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences are original Lock&Learn content.
Ask ¿qué tiempo hace? (what is the weather like?) and answer with hace plus a noun: hace calor, hace frío, hace sol, hace viento. Rain and snow have their own verbs, llover and nevar: llueve, nieva. The 63 weather and nature words on the CEFR-levelled Lock&Learn Spanish lists are in the table below.
19 from A1, 28 from A2, 1 from B1, 8 from B2, 4 from C1, 3 from C2. The level chip on each row says where the word sits, so you can stop at your level or read ahead. Beginner-level words carry a real example sentence; the rest show word and meaning, with their sentences in the app.
Install Lock&Learn Spanish, then touch and hold your Lock Screen, tap Customize, tap the widget area and choose Lock&Learn Spanish. Enable the level packs these words come from (Beginner, Elementary, Intermediate and more). A word waits on the widget, readable from day one; one tap reveals the meaning and a real sentence.
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