Talking about the weather in Spanish
In Spanish, one of the impersonal expressions we use to talk about the weather is hay:
Note that the structure in Spanish and English are different for lots of these weather expressions, for example, we say "Hay niebla" (Literally "There is fog") but in English this is normally expressed with "It's foggy" (using the adjective: foggy). So, it is important to be aware of these differences as we can not use the literal translation sometimes.
There are some other phrases which use está:
Bear in mind that hay will be followed by a noun (in Spanish), while está will be followed by an adjective (in Spanish).
- Hay truenos (truenos = thunder [noun])
- Está soleado (soleado = sunny [adjective])
There are also phrases which can use either está or an impersonal verb:
For other expressions that use "hace" instead see also:
Using hace to talk about the weather in Spanish
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