Spanish vocabulary · 12 words
Spanish weather words: hace calor, hace frío, está nublado
Spanish describes the weather with nouns and three verbs you already know. Heat and cold go with hacer (hace calor), sun and wind go with hay (hay viento), and the state of the sky goes with estar (está nublado). The words here are the ones the course teaches.
Good to know
- Temperature uses hacer: hace calor, hace frío, hace mucho calor.
- Sun, wind and snow on the ground take hay: hay sol, hay viento, hay nieve. Hace sol is also common. Rain and snow falling are verbs: llueve, nieva.
- A state of the sky takes estar: está nublado.
- mucho goes before the noun: hace mucho frío, hay mucho viento.
Weather words
| Spanish | Meaning | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| el solmasc. (el) | the sun | |
| la lluviafem. (la) | the rain | |
| el vientomasc. (el) | the wind | |
| la nievefem. (la) | the snow | |
| el calormasc. (el) | the heat | |
| el fríomasc. (el) | the cold | |
| nublado | cloudy |
Words that go with them
| Spanish | Meaning | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| hay | there is / there are | |
| está | is (somewhere) | |
| mucho | a lot | |
| hoy | today | |
| mañana | tomorrow |
Test yourself
Five of the 12 words on this page, meaning to word. Pick an answer to check it; nothing is saved.
1.Which Spanish word means "the sun"?
2.Which Spanish word means "the wind"?
3.Which Spanish word means "the heat"?
4.Which Spanish word means "there is / there are"?
5.Which Spanish word means "a lot"?
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