What does hace frio hoy mean?

Question

If tengo frío means I am cold, then what does hace frío hoy mean?

face - chrisgambo, Oct 2, 2011

Answer 1

Hace frío hoy means that it's cold today. If a person is cold, the verb is tener, and if it's the weather, it's hacer.

Answer 2

it means "it is cold today". when describing weaather in spanish, you conjugate hacer in third person singular followes by the weather description. ie: hace calor (it is hot)

Answer 3

I like to look at it this way: since hacer means to do or to make, I just think of hace frio hoy as the weather makes cold today. It makes it easier to remember for me. It's just the way Spanish is.

Exactly.

¿Qué tiempo hace hoy?

What's the weather like today?

Literally - What weather does it make today?

Answer 4

I like to look at it this way: since hacer means to do or to make, I just think of hace frio hoy as the weather makes cold today. It makes it easier to remember for me.