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Enero y febrero son meses fríos.

Enero y febrero son meses fríos.
January and February are cold months.
From Lesson 47:Months of the year·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of Enero y febrero son meses fríos.

ser
to be
y
and
frío
cold
el mes
the month
enero
January
febrero
February

Questions & Answers about Enero y febrero son meses fríos.

Why is Enero capitalized but febrero is not?
In Spanish, the months of the year are not capitalized. The only reason Enero has a capital letter here is because it is the first word of the sentence. Otherwise, it would be lowercase just like febrero.
How do we get the plural word meses from the singular word mes?
When a Spanish noun ends in a vowel, you just add -s to make it plural. But because the word mes (month) ends in a consonant, you must add -es to make it plural.
I thought you use hace for cold weather. Why does this sentence use son and fríos?
You are right that to say it is currently cold outside, you use hace frío. However, this sentence isn't talking about today's weather; it is describing a permanent characteristic of these two months. For general descriptions and facts, we use the verb ser (here as son) and treat fríos as a regular adjective.
Why does fríos come after meses, and why does it have an -s?
In Spanish, adjectives (describing words) usually go after the noun they describe. Because meses is masculine and plural, the adjective changes to match it, becoming fríos instead of frío.

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