Weather terminology - "it's cloudy"

[laepelba]

I understand the following phrases and their (sometimes rough) equivalents in English:

¿Qué tiempo hace hoy? (What is the weather today?)
Hace sol. (It's sunny out.)
Hace viento. (It's windy out.)
Llueve. (It's raining out.)
Nivea. (It's snowing out.)
Hace frio. (It's cold out.)
Hace caliente. (It's hot out.)

(If any are incorrect, please let me know!)

BUT ... I haven't been able to find something that tells me how to say "It's cloudy out." I know that "nube" means cloud, and "nuboso" means cloudy. So, would it be "Hace nube" or "Hace nubes" or "Está nuboso" or what??

Thanks!

[María José]

Originally Posted by laepelba

I understand the following phrases and their (sometimes rough) equivalents in English:

¿Qué tiempo hace hoy? (What is the weather today?)
Hace sol. (It's sunny out.)
Hace viento. (It's windy out.)
Llueve. (It's raining out.)
Nieva (Nivea is the cream). (It's snowing out.)
Hace frio. (It's cold out.)
Hace calor. (It's hot out.)

(If any are incorrect, please let me know!)

BUT ... I haven't been able to find something that tells me how to say "It's cloudy out." I know that "nube" means cloud, and "nuboso" means cloudy. So, would it be "Hace nube" or "Hace nubes" or "Está nuboso" or what??

Thanks!

We never use nuboso. We say está nublado.
And a few more weather-related words:
Hail: granizo
Sleet: aguanieve
Blizzard: tormenta de nieve
Storm: tormenta
Stifling heat, sultry weather:bochorno

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by María José

We never use nuboso. We say está nublado.
And a few more weather-related words:
Hail: granizo
Sleet: aguanieve
Blizzard: tormenta de nieve
Storm: tormenta
Stifling heat, sultry weather:bochorno

Thank you, María! I knew how to spell "nieva" ... my fingers got ahead of myself... LOL! I always forget when to use "calor" and when to use "caliente".

[brute]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Thank you, María! I knew how to spell "nieva" ... my fingers got ahead of myself... LOL! I always forget when to use "calor" and when to use "caliente".

I think the trick is to use hacer + noun when talking about weather.

Calor translates as heat and caliente means hot

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by brute

I think the trick is to use hacer + noun when talking about weather.

Calor translates as heat and caliente means hot

Thanks, Brute - that's why I wasn't sure if it might be "hace nube" or something like that. "Está ... nublado" is the only weather term I've heard that starts with está....

And the thing with calor and caliente, I'll just have to memorize because I can't remember which is heat and which is hot ... which is why I can't remember which is why I can't get the weather term correct. (Sigh....)

[Tomisimo]

Don't forget "it's foggy (out)" = "hay neblina".

Weather terminology (this thread) would make a good topic for the Vocab by Topics forum

[bobjenkins]

Hola, ¿se usa "llueve" o "hace lluvia"?

Además ¿hay una manera para decir que el tiempo es normal hoy?

How is the weather today?
It´s an average day

¿Qué tiempo hace?
Hace tiempo normal / No hace nada especial

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by bobjenkins

Hola, ¿se usa "llueve" o "hace lluvia"?

Se usa "llueve" o "está lloviendo".

[María José]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

Don't forget "it's foggy (out)" = "hay neblina".

Weather terminology (this thread) would make a good topic for the Vocab by Topics forum

Why neblina?
I usually use niebla, but if I have to make a distinction, I guess mist is neblina and fog niebla.

[bobjenkins]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

Se usa "llueve" o "está lloviendo".

Gracias