Verbs to talk about the weather in Spanish
In Spanish, we don’t use only one verb for the weather. We choose different verbs depending on the type of expression:
HACER → for general conditions like heat, cold, sun, or wind.
? Examples: Hace calor (It’s hot), Hace frío (It’s cold), Hace sol (It’s sunny), Hace viento (It’s windy).
⚠️ Be careful: we don’t say hay sol to describe the weather — the correct form is hace sol.
ESTAR → for describing the weather that can change easily, like the sky.
? Examples: Está nublado (It’s cloudy), Está despejado (It’s clear), Hoy está soleado (Today it’s sunny).
SER → for describing the usual climate of a place.
? Example: Madrid es una ciudad soleada (Madrid is a sunny city — here we’re talking about the general climate).
HABER → for elements that exist in the atmosphere.
? Examples: Hay nubes (There are clouds), Hay tormenta (There is a storm), Hay niebla (There is fog).
⚠️ But hay calor is not correct — we say hace calor.
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