Spanish Weather Test Terms

Terms for Mrs. Pletan's ESL class

Do, does, doing, make, making

Hace

What is the weather?

¿Qué tiempo hace?

It’s hot (on going weather condition)

Hace calor

It’s cold (on going weather condition)

Hace frio

ing

endo

tiempo

weather

to want

querer

To make something have a negative connotation you

You put no in front of it

It’s cool (on going weather condition)

Hace fresco

It’s sunny (on going weather condition)

Hace sol

It’s windy (on going weather condition)

Hace viento

It’s good weather

Hace buen tiempo

It’s bad weather

Hace mal tiempo

It’s ___ degrees

Hace __ grados

What’s the difference between hace and esta?

Hace is used with nouns and to describe on going weather conditions and how you feel (it’s hot, it’s cold), while está is used with adjectives and describes a temporary state of the weather or an object (it’s cloudy, the coffee is cold)

It is/it’s

Está

It’s cloudy (temporary weather condition)

Está nublado

Cloud

Nube

It’s wet (temporary weather condition)

Está mojado

It’s hot (temporary weather condition)

Está caliente

What’s the difference between caliente and calor?

Caliente means hot to the touch or temperature hot while calor means the sensation of being hot (you’re hot)

It’s cold (temporary weather condition)

Está frio

It’s cool (temporary weather condition)

Está fresco

There is/there are, is there?/are there?

Hay

There is a storm

Hay una tormenta

There is a tornado

Hay un tornado

There is a hurricane

Hay un huracán

There is thunder

Hay un trueno

There is lightning

Hay un relámpago

Rayo/rayos

a physical bolt of lightning

What is the difference between rayos and relampago?

Rayos is a physical bolt of lightning while relampago is the lightning flash

Temperature

Temperatura

Rain (noun)

lluvia (noun)

It rains (verb)

llueve (verb)

It’s raining (present verb) (temporary weather condition)

Está lloviendo (present verb)

Snow (noun)

Nieve (noun)

It’s snowing (verb)

Está nevando (verb)

It snows

Nieva (third person verb)

Hail

Granizo

Ice

hielo (ee eh lo)

Rainbow

Arcoiris

Moon

Luna

Star

Estrellas

Sky

Cielo

Bad weather

Mal tiempo

Earthquake

Terremoto

How to emphasize a a word in a positive way?

You put mucho before the noun

Sunrise

Salida del sol

Sunset

Puesta del sol

Winter

Invierno

With snow

Con nieve

The Fall

El otoño

Spring time

Primavera

Summer time

El verano