Breakdown of En invierno hace mucho frío.
mucho
a lot
en
in / on / by (means of transport) / about (after pensar)
frío
cold
hacer
to do, to make
Questions & Answers about En invierno hace mucho frío.
Why does the sentence use hace instead of está or es for the weather?
In English, we say it is cold, but in Spanish, weather expressions often use the verb hacer (to do or to make). So, hace frío literally translates to it makes cold. You just have to memorize that hacer is the go-to verb for most general weather phrases!
Why is it mucho frío and not muy frío if it means very cold?
Why is it just En invierno and not En el invierno?
When talking generally about things that happen during a season, Spanish usually drops the word el (the) after the preposition en (in). Just saying en invierno is the most natural and common way to say in winter.