How to say “hail” in Spanish
3 phrases · Tourist, Learner, and Local levels · with pronunciation
¡Está granizando!
🔊 Es-TAH gra-nee-SAN-doh
Literally: “It is hailing!”
💡 Simple
Está granizando fuerte, mejor no sacar el coche.
🔊 Es-TAH gra-nee-SAN-doh FWER-teh, meh-HOR no sa-KAR el KO-cheh
Literally: “It is hailing hard, better not to take the car out.”
💡 Practical advice, natural sentence
¡Menuda granizada, el granizo es enorme, va a abollar todos los coches!
🔊 meh-NOO-dah gra-nee-SAH-dah, el gra-NEE-so es eh-NOR-meh, vah ah ah-bo-YAR TOH-dos los KO-ches
Literally: “What a hailstorm, the hail is enormous, it's going to dent all the cars!”
💡 menuda = what a (exclamation); abollar = to dent
About these Spanish phrases
These Spanish weather phrases cover three levels of fluency for expressing hail conditions. The Tourist phrase is what any beginner can use immediately. The Learner phrase sounds natural in everyday conversation. The Local phrase uses authentic idioms and expressions that native speakers actually use — the kind of phrase that makes locals smile when they hear a foreigner use it.
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