"Fa tanto caldo."

Translation: It is very hot.

[siebolt]

In fact it says "It is SO hot" and "normal English" for that is "very hot". "Non ho tanto tempo" = I don't have as much time (as I would need to do things properly) >> I don't have much time. Some other example: (ho due euro) > non ho molto denaro. More or less absolute, two euro is just not much.
'Ho tanto denaro" I have (so) much money.

[TheLotanos]

Why "fa"? Isn't "è" fit there?

[jgbachand]

In many languages speaking about the weather is done idiomatically. Italian uses the verb "fare" (which, by the way is also done in French, who use "faire") to speak of the weather. "Fa freddo oggi" = "It's cold today", and the adjective is always in the masculine singular form. "Fa freddo/caldo/fresco/brutto...." BUT a different idiom when you want to say things like, "It's sunny today" = "C'e' il sole oggi." "C'e' il vento" = "It's windy."
Hope this helps.

[FernandoPe596028]

That's actually true in spanish we say "hace calor". Fa meaning "hace":)

[rayner91]

Does "C'e" not mean "There is"? " There is sun today" makes sense but is an odd way of talking...

[samig59]

Things are always less odd in your own language ... because you speak it very well :-)

[pguadagnini5994]

That is what I thought!

[gizzard123]

You'd think that "caldo" is cold. Instead it's hot. Easy to remember, at least.

[aaronbennack]

scald

[mfriedenthal]

Think of "cauldron".

[Queen_Ziga]

what does this sentence have to do with Numbers practice?!

[MadelynWri]

I guess "tanto" (much / many) is a quantity measurement.

[mimiducky]

Yeah, I thought that molto would be used here, not tanto. Can someone clarify?

[jgbachand]

What I don't understand is why "It is quite hot" is not accepted.

[MAUROJOAO]

or : it is too hot

[Treasure577734]

Please could someone explain when to use tanto and molto?

[Jkrgeorge]

Tanto or molto, what is the difference?

[MoloneyShane]

can "she is so hot" be accepted? i got it wrong :/

[cognoscenti1965]

what is wrong with "the weather is very hot"?

[huesz]

actually it doesnt say it is weather :)

[MosesS7]

Why not E' tanto caldo ?

[MosesS7]

Is the direct translate It do very hot ?

[MosesS7]

does very hot ?

[Caterinabella]

In Italian, weather "does" something (does hot) rather than "be" something (is hot). I remember this from other helpful comments. Strange but true.

[AndyP11]

Could I use Così instead of Tanto in this sentence?

[michele.le8]

This describes "fa" as "ago," "cut," or "plays." I'm semi fluent in Spanish and get the explanation that it's similar to "hace calor" but don't understand how these provided definitions tie in to this sentence. Did duo just leave out the relevant definition of "fa?"

[ionut.tighel]

whats the difference between "fa tanto caldo" and "fa molto caldo"?

[bonnythedog]

I would have said:

fa tanto caldo - it's so hot

fa molto caldo - it's very hot

but there are also idiomatic phrasings that we need to know