PHRASES:
| Hace mucho frío en el invierno. | It’s really cold in the winter. |
| El verano es la temporada de lluvias. | Summer is the rainy season. |
| Espero que esté soleado para la boda. | I hope it’s sunny for the wedding. |
| La selva es muy húmeda durante esas fechas. | The jungle is very wet that time of year. |
| Ya no aguanto el frío. | I can’t stand the cold any more. |
| La major estación aquí es la primavera. | The best season here is the spring. |
| El clima en Yucatán es muy seco. | The climate in the Yucatan is very dry. |
| España tiene muchos climas distintos. | Spain has many different climates. |
| El D.F. está bastante fresco por su altitud. | Mexico City is pretty cool due to its altitude. |
| Hace mucho viento hoy. | It’s windy today. |
GRAMMAR:
HACER weather expressions
Weather conditions are often expressed with the verb hacer in Spanish. These generally correspond to English expressions that use the verb to be. For example:
| Hace calor/frío/sol/viento. | It’s hot/cold/sunny/windy. | |
| Hace buen tiempo/mal tiempo. | It’s nice out/bad weather. |
Other weather conditions use the verb estar. For example:
| Está nublado/fresco/húmedo. | It’s cloudy/cool/humid. |
Verbs that refer to weather conditions are only conjugated in the third person singular.
For example:
| Nevar: | Nieva mucho en Minnesota. | It snows a lot in Minnesota. | |
| Llover: | Llueve mucho en Seattle. | It rains a lot in Seattle. | |
| Nublarse: | Se nubló a las dos de la tarde. | It got cloudy at two p.m. | |
| Lloviznar: | Lloviznaba todo el día. | It drizzled all day. |