150: How to say hot in Italian (and avoid an awkward mistake!)

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Italian summers are hot, hot, hot! Learn how to say “it’s hot” in Italian and pick up some everyday local–sounding phrases to talk about the summer weather. Learn about our Online Italian School and get a free mini lesson every week: https://joyoflanguages.online/italian-school Subscribe to our new Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@joyoflanguages.italian?sub_confirmation=1 Get the bonus materials for this episode: https://italian.joyoflanguages.com/podcast/hot-in-italian Today's Italian words: Fa caldo = It’s hot (lit. it does hot) Fa molto caldo = It’s really hot (lit. it does really hot) Fa caldissimo = It’s extremely hot (use –issimo!) Che caldo = It’s so hot (lit. what hot/heat) Mamma mia! = Goodness! Ho caldo = I’m hot (lit. I have hot) Si muore di caldo = We’re dying from the heat (lit. one dies of heat, figurative) Quanti gradi ci sono? = How many degrees are there? Ci sono 40 gradi = It’s 40 degrees (lit. there are 40 degrees) Centigradi = Centigrade