hace sol
/aθe sol/from spelling rules
In Spanish, "it is sunny" is expressed as hace sol.
The phrase hace sol is used to describe weather when the sun is shining. It is important to distinguish this from describing temperature. While hace sol means the sun is present, hace calor is used to say it is hot.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase literally translates to "it makes sun".
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Spain, the expression Está haciendo sol is mostly used. In Latin America, the phrase Hace un sol radiante is commonly used.
How does it change in a sentence?
The phrase uses the third-person singular present tense of the verb hacer (to make or to do), rather than using the verbs for "to be" like ser or estar.
How do you pronounce it?
/aθe sol/
Did you know?
- While hace sol describes the weather, the verb hacer is also used in Spanish to express how much time has passed, similar to the English word 'ago'.
- In Peru, the name of the national currency, the sol, is actually a shortened form of the Latin word solidus, even though it shares a spelling with the Spanish word for 'sun'.
- In some Spanish-speaking regions, people may say está soleado instead of hace sol. While both mean 'it is sunny', the latter is far more common in daily conversation.
Examples in context
- Si mañana hace sol iremos de picnic.If it is sunny tomorrow, we will go on a picnic.This sentence shows how to use hace sol in a conditional statement about the future.Tatoeba #536548 by Shishir, translation #30583 by CC
- Hoy hace sol.It is sunny today.This sentence uses hace sol to describe the weather today.Tatoeba #571877 by Shishir, translation #242909 by CC
- Hace sol mañana.It is sunny tomorrow.This sentence uses hace sol to describe the weather tomorrow.Tatoeba #12930715 by Ioan_Cristian, translation #12930711 by Ioan_Cristian
- Hace sol en la playa.It is sunny at the beach.
- El clima está soleado hoy.The weather is sunny today.
- ¡Está soleado, vamos a la piscina!It's sunny, let's go to the pool!
Example conversation
Daniel and Sofía are deciding whether to go to the park.
- DanielMira, hoy hace sol.Look, it is sunny today.
- SofíaQué bueno, me encanta el calor.That's great, I love the heat.
- DanielEntonces, ¿vamos al parque?So, shall we go to the park?
- SofíaSí, vamos ahora mismo.Yes, let's go right now.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries hace, sol, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
