What does es lo que hay mean?

ExpressionColoquial

that's the way it is

Total resignation. There is no alternative, it is not worth arguing about, and whoever says it has stopped trying. One of the most Spanish phrases there is, and it serves as an answer to almost anything.

—Pues vaya. —Es lo que hay.

And that is the end of it.

¡Vale! for iOS

Hear it the way Spain actually says it

In the app, expressions are taught inside real conversations from Spain: read cold, explained line by line, then read again. It’s the Spanish textbooks leave out.

Unit 08

Papeleo

«eso no me corresponde a mí»

The ¡Vale! app: a conversation from Spain, read with its recording