How to Say ‘It's freezing cold’ in Spain Spanish
Hace un frío que pela
AH-seh oon FREE-oh keh PEH-lah
[AH-seh oon FREE-oh keh PEH-lah]
💬 Usage Tip: Weather in Spanish uses hace "it makes": hace calor "it's hot", hace viento "it's windy". The que pela "that peels" ending is a colourful add-on meaning "seriously" cold.
Phrase Breakdown
Hace un frío
AH-seh oon FREE-oh
It's so cold
'Hacer' is used for weather. The 'h' in 'hace' is silent, and in Spain the 'c' sounds like 'th'. Link 'hace un' into one flow.
Hoy hace un frío horrible.
It's horribly cold today.
Words in this phrase
Hace
[AH-seh]
it is (weather)
Form of 'hacer' used impersonally to describe weather.
Hoy hace calor.
It's hot today.
un
[oon]
a / an
Masculine singular indefinite article used before a noun.
Busco un entorno donde pueda crecer profesionalmente.
I am looking for an environment where I can grow professionally.
frío
[FREE-oh]
cold
Low temperature.
En invierno hace frío.
It's cold in winter.
que pela
keh PEH-lah
that it peels (bitterly)
This is an idiomatic intensifier, as if the cold could peel your skin. Stress 'PE-la'.
Hace un calor que pela.
It's scorching hot.
Words in this phrase
que
[keh]
that (so much that)
Introduces the intensifying clause in the idiom 'hace un frío que pela'.
Tengo un hambre que me muero.
I'm so hungry I could die.
pela
[PEH-lah]
peels / bites (of cold)
From 'pelar' (to peel); 'que pela' means bitterly cold.
Hoy hace un frío que pela.
It's freezing cold today.
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