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Talking about the weather in Spanish
In Spanish, one of the impersonal expressions we use to talk about the weather is hay:
There are some other phrases which use está:
Bear in mind that hay will be followed by a noun (a noun in Spanish), while está will be followed by an adjective (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 to talk about the weather see also:
Using hace to talk about the weather in Spanish
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