How to say “snowing” in Spanish
3 phrases · Tourist, Learner, and Local levels · with pronunciation
¡Nieva!
🔊 NYEH-vah
Literally: “It snows!”
💡 Single verb, excited
Está nevando bastante, el suelo ya está blanco.
🔊 Es-TAH neh-VAHN-doh bas-TAN-teh, el SWEH-lo ya Es-TAH BLAN-ko
Literally: “It's snowing quite a bit, the ground is already white.”
💡 Natural observation
¡Está nevando a tope, todo cubierto de blanco, parece un cuento de hadas!
🔊 Es-TAH neh-VAHN-doh ah TOH-peh, TOH-doh koo-BYER-toh de BLAN-ko, pah-REH-seh oon KWEN-toh de AH-das
Literally: “It's snowing to the max, everything covered in white, it looks like a fairy tale!”
💡 a tope = maxed out/full blast (Spain slang); cuento de hadas = fairy tale
About these Spanish phrases
These Spanish weather phrases cover three levels of fluency for expressing snowing 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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