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How do you say "What is the weather?" in Spanish?
¿Qué tiempo hace?
In Spanish, "What is the weather?" is ¿Qué tiempo hace?.
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Pronunciation
Say KAY tee-EHM-po AH-seh. Qué rhymes with 'bay', tiempo has the stress on the first syllable.
Grammar notes
Tiempo here means 'weather' not 'time'. The phrase uses the verb hacer (to make) in the structure hay que tiempo hace, a fixed expression.
Example sentence
Pregunto que tiempo hace.
I asked what the weather is like.
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How to remember ¿Qué tiempo hace?
TIEMPO can mean time or weather depending on context. In weather questions, it always goes with hacer.
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- What is the weather on Monday? ¿Qué tiempo hará el lunes?
- What is the weather on Thursday? ¿Qué tiempo hará el jueves?
- What is the weather on Tuesday? ¿Qué tiempo hará el martes?
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Questions about ¿Qué tiempo hace?
How do you say "What is the weather?" in Spanish?
In Spanish, "What is the weather?" is ¿Qué tiempo hace?. It is a noun.
How is ¿Qué tiempo hace? written in Spanish?
¿Qué tiempo hace? is written using the standard Spanish script.
How is ¿Qué tiempo hace? used in a sentence?
Use ¿Qué tiempo hace? as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Pregunto que tiempo hace. (I asked what the weather is like.).
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"What is the weather?" in other languages
- Japanese 天気はどうですか？ (tenki wa dōdesu ka ？)
- Korean 날씨가 어때요? (nalssiga eottaeyo?)
- Chinese 天气怎么样? (tiān qì zěn me yàng ?)
- Spanish (Latin America) ¿Cómo está el clima?
- French Quel temps fait-il ?
- German Wie ist das Wetter?
- Italian Com’è il tempo?
- Russian Какая погода? (kakaja pogoda?)
- Greek Τι καιρό έχει; (ti kero ehyi)
- Arabic إزاي الجو؟ (izzaei ilgaww)
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