Even though it’s raining everyday, the summer is here in Greece ! Ice cream season has started, swimming season has started, and we all try to find some time to hit the beach and take some sun! So, along with the summer, the heat and the sun come some expressions which are very frequent but sometimes really difficult to understand. Let’s have a look at some of them.

• Κάνειζέστη!= (the obvious) It’s hot!
• Έχεικαύσωνα!=There’s a heatwave!
• Σκάωαπότηζέστη!=It’s so hot, I’ll burst!
• Έλιωσααπότηζέστη!=It’s so hot, I feel as if I’m melting!
• Θέλωπαγωτό!= I want an ice cream!
• Σκάνεκαιτατζιτζίκια!= Even the cicadas are bursting!
• Σκάεικαιοτζίτζικας!= Even the cicada is bursting!
• Οήλιοςκαίεικαυτός!= The sun is burning hot! (How much more emphasis do you want?)
• Τονερόείναιμπούζι!= The water is very cold! (Yes, this can happen at this time of the year!)
• Δενκουνιέταιφύλλο!= There’s no wind, even to move a single leaf!
• Έχειάπνοια.= There’s no wind at all.
• Πρόσεξεμηνπάθειςθερμοπληξία!= Be careful not to have a heatstroke!
• Πάμεγιαμπάνιο;= Shall we go to the beach to swim?
• Κοράκιασα!=I’m so thirsty! (slang)
• Έσκασα! /Σκάσαμε!= I / We feel unbearably hot!
• Να βρεις καμιά σκιά!=Find a shady place!
• Να κάτσεις στη δροσιά!=Stay in a cool place!

So, these are some of the most frequent expressions we can hear in the summer, when it’s very hot and sunny in our beautiful, Mediterranean country, where the sun is burning bright and yellow and the clear blue sea paints the sky this unique shade of blue that we callγαλάζιοήγαλανό.

Καλό καλοκαίρι!