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temperatura

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “temperatura” mean in English?

  1. temperature

Example sentences

  • La temperatura es de veinte grados.

    The temperature is twenty degrees.

  • La temperatura sube en verano.

    The temperature rises in summer.

  • Tengo fiebre, la temperatura es alta.

    I have a fever, my temperature is high.

How to use it

Temperatura means 'temperature'. Feminine: la temperatura. Often expressed in degrees Celsius: la temperatura es de [X] grados.

Common mistake

Use 'es de [X] grados' for stating temperature ('it's 20 degrees'), not 'es 20'. The 'de' is required.

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 32.