Sun, rain, snow and storms, how to describe the weather, and when to say hace, está or hay. Practice right here.
Weather words in Spanish
Ask ¿qué tiempo hace?, what's the weather like? Most answers start with hace: hace calor, hace frío, hace buen tiempo. Then dress for it with the clothes words.
hace+frío=hace frío
Sun, rain, snow and wind in Spanish
With sol and viento, use hace: hace sol, hace viento. With fog, use hay: hay niebla.
Storms, thunder and lightning in Spanish
Storms take hay: hay tormenta, there's a storm.
How to describe the weather in Spanish
Adjectives take está: está nublado, está soleado. Use them with día too: un día lluvioso. Each of the seasons has its own: el verano es caluroso.
está+nublado=está nublado
It's raining and it's snowing in Spanish
Weather verbs need no subject: llueve is it rains, está lloviendo is it's raining right now.
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Every weather word on this page with its pronunciation and how to use it.
Quick answer: weather is el tiempo, climate is el clima, temperature is la temperatura, degree is el grado, forecast is el pronóstico, heat is el calor, and cold (the cold) is el frío.
| English | Spanish | Say it | Changes to |
|---|---|---|---|
| weather | el tiempo | el TYEM-poh | Also time: ¿qué tiempo hace?, what's the weather like? |
| climate | el clima | el KLEE-mah | Masculine, though it ends in -a. Often used for the weather in Latin America. |
| temperature | la temperatura | lah tem-peh-rah-TOO-rah | |
| degree | el grado | el GRAH-doh | Estamos a 20 grados, it's 20 degrees (Celsius). |
| forecast | el pronóstico | el proh-NOHS-tee-koh | El pronóstico del tiempo, the weather forecast. |
| heat | el calor | el kah-LOR | Hace calor, it's hot. |
| cold (the cold) | el frío | el FREE-oh | Hace frío, it's cold. |
| English | Spanish | Say it | Changes to |
|---|---|---|---|
| sunny | soleado | soh-leh-AH-doh | Está soleado, or hace sol. |
| cloudy | nublado | noo-BLAH-doh | Está nublado, it's cloudy. |
| rainy | lluvioso | yoo-BYOH-soh | Un día lluvioso, a rainy day. |
| windy | ventoso | ben-TOH-soh | For right now, say hace viento. |
| humid | húmedo | OO-meh-doh | |
| dry | seco | SEH-koh | |
| hot (day, weather) | caluroso | kah-loo-ROH-soh | Un día caluroso, a hot day. |
| English | Spanish | Say it | Changes to |
|---|---|---|---|
| it's raining | llueve | YWEH-beh | From llover, to rain. |
| it's snowing | nieva | NYEH-bah | From nevar, to snow. |
| it's thundering | truena | TRWEH-nah | From tronar, to thunder. |
| it's freezing | hiela | YEH-lah | From helar, to freeze. |
¿Qué tiempo hace? In much of Latin America you'll also hear ¿cómo está el clima?
Hace with nouns like calor, frío, sol and viento; está with adjectives like nublado and soleado; hay with things you can see, like niebla or tormenta.
Hace calor and hace frío. For a person, use tener: tengo frío, I'm cold.
Llueve, or está lloviendo for right now. It's snowing is nieva or está nevando.
El clima. It's masculine even though it ends in -a, like el día.
Estamos a 20 grados, it's 20 degrees. Spanish-speaking countries use Celsius.
Hace sol, hace calor, hace frío, hace viento, hace buen tiempo, está nublado, está lloviendo, nieva and hay niebla.
Soleado and nublado: está soleado, está nublado. For sunny you can also say hace sol.
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