Basic Portuguese in 30 Days: Weather and seasons

1. Question 1 of 10

   What does 'Está frio' mean?

   • AIt's sunny.
   • BIt's cold.
   • CIt's windy.
   • DIt's hot.
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   Answer: B. It's cold.

   Frio means cold, so está frio means 'it's cold'. Hot is calor.

2. Question 2 of 10

   What does 'o verão' mean?

   • Aspring
   • Bwinter
   • Cautumn
   • Dsummer
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   Answer: D. summer

   O verão is summer. Spring is a primavera, autumn is o outono and winter is o inverno.

3. Question 3 of 10

   Which is the usual form in Portugal for 'It's raining' (now)?

   • AEstá a chover.
   • BEstá chover.
   • CEstá chovendo.
   • DÉ a chover.
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   Answer: A. Está a chover.

   In Portugal, an action happening now is estar a + verb: está a chover. Está chovendo is the Brazilian form.

4. Question 4 of 10

   Complete: '___ verão está muito calor.'

   • ANo
   • BO
   • CEm o
   • DNa
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   Answer: A. No

   Verão is masculine, so 'in summer' is no verão (em + o = no).

5. Question 5 of 10

   Complete: 'Gosto ___ primavera.'

   • Ada
   • Bna
   • Cde a
   • Ddo
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   Answer: A. da

   Gostar takes de, and primavera is feminine: de + a = da.

6. Question 6 of 10

   What does 'Está mau tempo' mean?

   • AThe weather is nice.
   • BIt's a bad time.
   • CIt's late.
   • DThe weather is bad.
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   Answer: D. The weather is bad.

   Tempo can mean weather, and mau means bad. Está mau tempo means the weather is bad.

7. Question 7 of 10

   Which word can mean both 'season' and 'station'?

   • Alinha
   • Bestação
   • Ctempo
   • Dparagem
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   Answer: B. estação

   A estação means a season (a estação do ano) and also a station (a estação de comboios).

8. Question 8 of 10

   Listen. What is the temperature in Lisbon?

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   Hoje em Lisboa está sol, mas está vento. Estão dezoito graus.

   • A8 degrees
   • B16 degrees
   • C18 degrees
   • D28 degrees
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   Answer: C. 18 degrees

   The speaker says estão dezoito graus: 18 degrees.

   Transcript

   Hoje em Lisboa está sol, mas está vento. Estão dezoito graus.

9. Question 9 of 10

   Listen. Why doesn't João want to go to the beach?

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   Ana: Vamos à praia?
   João: Hoje não. Está a chover e está frio.

   • AHe is very tired.
   • BIt's windy and cloudy.
   • CIt's too hot.
   • DIt's raining and cold.
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   Answer: D. It's raining and cold.

   João says está a chover e está frio: it's raining and it's cold.

   Transcript

   Ana: Vamos à praia?
   João: Hoje não. Está a chover e está frio.

10. Question 10 of 10

    Read the forecast. Where will it be sunny on Saturday?

    Previsão do tempo – sábado
    Porto: chuva, 14 °C
    Lisboa: nublado, 19 °C
    Coimbra: chuva, 16 °C
    Faro: sol, 24 °C

    • AFaro
    • BLisbon
    • CCoimbra
    • DPorto
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    Answer: A. Faro

    Sol means sun. The forecast shows sol only for Faro. Porto has chuva (rain) and Lisboa is nublado (cloudy).

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