Spanish 1 / Unit 2: Numbers, Dates and Time
2.6 Weather and Seasons
Notes
Most weather expressions use hace (literally "it makes").
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| ¿Qué tiempo hace? | What's the weather like? |
| Hace calor | It's hot |
| Hace frío | It's cold |
| Hace sol | It's sunny |
| Hace viento | It's windy |
| Hace buen / mal tiempo | The weather is good / bad |
| Llueve / Está lloviendo | It rains / It's raining |
| Nieva / Está nevando | It snows / It's snowing |
| Está nublado | It's cloudy |
- Seasons: la primavera (spring), el verano (summer), el otoño (fall), el invierno (winter).
- In the Southern Hemisphere (Argentina, Chile) the seasons are reversed: December is summer.
- Example: En invierno hace frío y nieva.
Practice
Which expression means "It's windy"?
Viento means wind.
Read: "Hoy está nublado y llueve mucho." What should you bring?
Llueve mucho = it's raining a lot.
In Buenos Aires, Argentina, which season is it in January?
Argentina is in the Southern Hemisphere, so January is summer.
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