Breakdown of El clima es excelente y está despejado.
ser
to be
y
and
estar
to be (location/state)
excelente
excellent
el clima
weather
despejado
clear
Questions & Answers about El clima es excelente y está despejado.
Why do we use está for despejado instead of hace?
In Spanish, weather expressions use different verbs depending on the type of word that follows. We use está (from estar, meaning "to be") with adjectives that describe a temporary condition, like despejado (clear) or nublado (cloudy). We only use hace with nouns, like calor (heat) or sol (sun).
Can I just say hace despejado?
Why does the first part of the sentence use es but the second part uses está?
This is a great example of the difference between the two verbs for "to be" in Spanish! Es (from ser) is used for general characteristics, so el clima es excelente means the weather is generally excellent here. Está (from estar) is used for temporary states, so está despejado means the sky is clear right now.
Does el clima mean "the climate" or "the weather"?
It can mean both! In everyday Latin American Spanish, el clima is very commonly used to talk about the daily weather. You might also hear el tiempo used to mean the exact same thing.
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