What does "hace tiempo" mean?

Question

Hola,

Can anyone tell me what "hace tiempo" means? From what I can make out, it means something like "a long time", but just want to check if this is correct.

Any help much appreciated,
Rangi

Answer 1

Please provide context, Rangi.

¿Qué tiempo hace? / What's the weather?
Hace much tiempo que fuimos a visitarla. / It's been a long time since we went to visit her.

Answer 2

"Hace tiempo" by itself means "a while back," "some time ago," etc.

Answer 3

Muchas gracias both of you.

The sentence I saw "hace tiempo" in was "... de cosas que has hecho recientamente or hace tiempo.", so I think in this case it meant "a while back" or "some time ago".

Thanks!

Answer 4

Hello rangi!

You are right, "hace tiempo"! means = a long time .
Bye
Naty.

Answer 5

Naty, I'm afraid you are mistaken. It does not mean a long time, it means some time ago. It could be a few days or a few years. The point of the expression is that it wasn't now. "Hace mucho tiempo" would be "a long time ago."

Answer 6

...and any "hace" followed by a time span, can generally be translated as "ago" too:

hace un mes
hace una semana