Phrase · 📢 Reporting news and promises
Dicen que este invierno va a hacer más frío que nunca.
They say it's going to be colder than ever this winter.
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Why every word is where it is
Dicen1verbthey saydecir · present · 3rd pl.queconjunctionthatestedeterminerthismasc. · sing.inviernonounwintermasc. · sing.va2verbis goingir · present · 3rd sing.a2prepositiontohacerverbto be (weather)infinitivemás3adverbmorefríonouncoldmasc. · sing.que3conjunctionthannuncaadverbever (lit. never).
- va → a: prep
- más → que: corr
- invierno → este: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Dicen que…: impersonal "they say", for rumours and forecasts with no named source. Impersonal and passive se; reciprocal se →
- 2va a hacer frío: ir a + infinitive for a prediction; weather uses hacer + noun (hace frío, hace calor). Ir a + infinitive: plans and predictions →
- 3más… que nunca = "-er than ever": Spanish says nunca where English says "ever". Comparatives, superlatives and exclamatives →
Variations
- Dicen que este invierno hará más frío que nunca.