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El tiempo

Learn how to talk about the weather in Spanish.

How’s the weather?			¿Qué tiempo hace?
It's…			Hace…		(hacer)
	hot			calor
	cold			frío
	cool			fresco
	nice out			buen tiempo
	bad weather			mal tiempo
	windy			viento
	sunny			sol
	foggy			neblina
	cloudy			nublado
	__ degrees			__ grados
It's…			Está…		(estar)
	clear skies			despejado
	raining			lloviendo
	pouring			lloviendo a cántaros
	snowing			nevando
	sunny			soleado
There’s…			Hay…
	fog			niebla
	lightning			relámpagos
	a storm			una tormenta
	thunder			truenos
to rain			llover
to snow			nevar

 Note:  In Spanish, you use the verb hacer when talking about the weather. You cannot talk about the temperature or condition of the sky using the verbs ser or estar. You do, however, use estar with verbs like llover (to rain) and nevar (to snow), in the construction known as the present progressive.

 Weather Quizzes

Think you’ve got it? Test yourself on Spanish weather verbs:

• Fill in the blanks
       El clima
       La eterna primavera de Gran Canaria
       El tiempo en enero
• Multiple choice

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PwLS super list of lessons related to weather
 

 Essential Spanish

• Verb conjugations:  Estar  |  Hacer  | Llover  |  Nevar
• Hay
• Dates
• Food
• Numbers
• Telling time
   

 Spanish lesson plans

• The Weather (Lesson plan, 6th – 12th grade)
• Weather and Seasons (Lesson plan, 4th – 12th grade)
   

 En français

• Le temps
   

 In italiano

• Il tempo
   

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