Spanish vocabulary · Topic 9 of 10

Nature, Animals & Weather in Spanish

Weather is easy small talk, and animal words come up the moment someone asks about your dog. These pages cover animals, landscapes, and the sky. Weather phrases often use hacer, as in hace calor and hace frío.

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Nature, Animals & Weather in Spanish: common questions

How do I talk about the weather in Spanish?

Heat and cold use hacer: hace calor, hace frío. Rain and snow use estar: está lloviendo, está nevando. To ask, say ¿Qué tiempo hace?

Are animal names masculine or feminine?

Each has a gender, and many change for the female: el gato, la gata. Some keep one form, like la jirafa. For those, add macho or hembra: la jirafa macho.

Is pasto the same as césped?

Pasto is the everyday Latin American word for grass. Spain says césped. In some countries pasto also means pasture, and the context makes it clear.

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