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Colloquial Portuguese to Talk about Hot Weather in Brazil

Colloquial Portuguese to Talk about Hot Weather in Brazil

posted on April 5, 2016

Portuguese lesson with weather vocabulary in Portuguese: How to talk about hot weather in Brazil

Portuguese vocabulary to talk about hot weather in Brazil

At this time of the year, whenever I ask friends and family in Brazil how things are going, they answer: “It’s an oven over here”. Yes, it is summer in Brazil. It certainly feels like you are in an oven. In this video lesson, you will learn colloquial Portuguese to talk about hot weather like a Brazilian.

Tá um forno

Tá um forno = Literally: It is an oven. It means that it is really hot.

Did you notice that I wrote tá in italics? Tá is a short form for está. In spoken Brazilian Portuguese, we tend to drop the first syllable of the verb Estar. We also do that in personal, informal written communications such as Facebook and text messages.

You can use the expression Um forno in other verb tenses, not only in the present tense.

Let me show you examples using the phrase:

1)

Luciana: Oi, mãe, como vão as coisas?

Odete: Tá um forno aqui! Você não tem ideia!

Translation:

Luciana: Hi, mom, how’s everything?

Odete: It’s way too hot here! You have no idea!

2)

Márcia: E aí, gostou de São Luís?

Cíntia: Amei. Mas tava um forno lá.

Translation:

Márcia: So, how did you like São Luís?

Cíntia: I loved it. But it was too hot over there.

3)

Anna: Como é o clima no Brasil em fevereiro?

Clara: É um forno! Se prepare!

Translation:

Anna: How is the weather in Brazil in February?

Clara: It’s super hot! Brace yourself!

Estou Derretendo

In Brazil we also say that we are melting when it is too hot.

  • Estou derretendo. = I’m melting.

I have a different lesson in which I talk more about the verb derreter (to melt) and show you other situations in witch to use it.

I also have a Portuguese lesson with 16 phrases to talk about the weather in Portuguese and tips to avoid common mistakes. Check it out.


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About Luciana Lage

I’m Luciana, founder of Street Smart Brazil. I am so happy to be able to help you in your Portuguese speaking journey! Teaching Portuguese as a foreign language was one of the best things that could have happened in my life. I’ve had the privilege of teaching Portuguese at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of San Francisco. Now I am fully dedicated to the Street Smart Brazil community.

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