Describing the Weather

Jessica Knapp pg. 226

hacer The Verb “Hacer” is used as “it is” and is used to

talk about weather

Examples:

Hace mucho calor: it is very hot

Hace mucho frio en Alaska: it is very cold in Alaska

Que tiempo Hace?Hace

(mucho) calor

(mucho) fresco

(mucho) frio

(mucho) sol

(mucho) viento

(muy) buen tiempo

(muy) mal tiempo

It is…

Very hot

Very cool

Very cold

Very sunny

Very windy

Very nice outside

Very bad outside

HayHay is another way to say “it is..” to describe

the weather in spanish

hay mucho sol: it is very sunny

Hay mucho viento: it is very windy

Other weather expressions

when it is cloudy, you can say:

Esta nublado- it is windyNo voy a la playa porque esta nublado

I am not going to the beach because it is windy

Llover and NevarLlover and nevar are stem changing verbs

You use these verbs in order to say if it is snowing or raining

Llover= to rain

Nevar= to snow

Llueve mucho en April: It rains a lot in April

Nieva en el invierno: it snows in the winter