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CLIMA / WEATHERWeather Expressions
¿Qué tiempo hace?/ What's the weather like? ¿Cómo está el tiempo?/ How is the weather?
In Spanish, one of the most common verbs to describe weather conditions is estar/ to be.
EXAMPLES
Está soleado./ It's sunny. Está nublado./ It's cloudy. Está fresco./ It's cool. Está húmedo./ It's humid. El tiempo está feo./ The weather is bad. Está cálido./ It's warm. Está templado./It's mild or fair. Está tempestuoso./ It's stormy. Está lloviendo.( Llueve)./ It's raining. Está nevando. (Nieva)./ It's snowing. Está granizando. (Graniza)./ It's hailing. Está despejado./ It's clear. Está oscuro./ It's dark.
2. Another common verb is hacer/ to make.
EXAMPLES
Hace calor./ It's hot. Hace frío./ It's cold. Hace buen tiempo./ The weather is nice. Hace mal tiempo./ The weather is bad.
3. Another verb is haber/ there is.
EXAMPLES
Hay viento./ It's windy. Hay niebla./ It's foggy. Hay relámpagos./ There is lightening. Hay tormenta./ There is a thunderstorm
In Spanish, there are a number of idiomatic expressions that employ the verb hacer
(literal meaning: to do or to make), and are used to describe the weather. ¿Qué tiempo hace?
What's the weather like? Hace frío. It's cold. Hace calor. It's hot. Hace viento. It's windy. Hace sol. It's sunny. Hace buen tiempo. The weather is good. Hace mal tiempo. The weather is bad. Hace fresco. It's cool / refreshing.
There are also weather expressions that use the verb hay: Hay niebla. It's foggy. Hay neblina. It's misty. Hay relámpagos. It's lightning. Hay humedad. It's humid. Hay nubes. It's cloudy. Hay lluvias torrenciales. It's pouring. Hay un vendaval. There's a windstorm.
. Hay lloviznas. It's sprinkling.
Other weather expressions use the verb estar along with an adjective: Está oscuro. It's dark. Está nublado. It's cloudy.
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Other weather expressions simply use a single verb:
Llueve.
It is raining. or It rains.
From the verb llover (to rain)
Nieva.
It is snowing. or It snows.
From the verb nevar (to snow)
It is snowing Está nevando
It is raining Está lloviendo
It is cloudy Está nublado
It is foggy Hay neblina
There is a breeze Hay una brisa
It is windy Hay viento
It is very windy Hay mucho viento
It is sunny Hay sol
It is cold Hay frio / Hace frio
It is cool Hay fresco / Hace fresco
It is warm Hay calor / Hace calor
It is hot Hay calor / Hace calor
It is humid Esta húmido
Raining cats and dogs Llover a cantaros