Learn Spanish (Spain): Hace mucho viento en la playa.

Hace mucho viento en la playa.

It's very windy on the beach.

Breakdown of Hace mucho viento en la playa.

mucho

a lot

in / on / by (means of transport) / about (after pensar)

Questions & Answers about Hace mucho viento en la playa.

Why does this sentence use hace instead of a word for "is"?

When talking about the weather in Spanish, we often use the verb hacer (to make or to do) rather than the verb "to be". Literally, this sentence is saying "It makes a lot of wind."

The translation says "very", so why do we use mucho instead of muy?

In English, "windy" is a describing word (an adjective), so we say "very". But in Spanish, viento is a thing (a noun meaning "wind"). Because we are describing how much of a noun there is, we must use mucho (a lot of / much) instead of muy (very).

Where is the word for "it" in hace mucho viento?

Spanish verbs already have the subject built into them, so you don't need a separate word for "it". When talking about the weather, the "it" is automatically included directly in the verb hace.

Why does en translate to "on" here instead of "in"?

The Spanish preposition en is very flexible and can mean "in", "on", or "at" depending on the context. For a location like la playa (the beach), we translate it as "on" or "at" in English, but Spanish only needs the single word en.