Usage Note
Hacer is one of the most versatile Spanish verbs: it covers both 'to do' and 'to make'. In weather expressions it is impersonal (hace frío/calor/sol). In time expressions, hace + period + que marks elapsed time (Hace dos años que vivo aquí). Its irregular yo-form is hago.
Examples
"Hace mucho frío hoy."
Natural Translation
It is very cold today.
Literal Translation
It-makes much cold today

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