/esˈtaɾ ˈkomo un ˈorno/ lit. ‘to be like an oven’
Spanish idiom, everyday. It is extremely hot.
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How do people use Estar como un horno
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Everyday Spanish for a room, car or city that’s baking. It works with “estar” and “parecer” or as a plain statement: “esto es un horno”. You can’t use it for the weather in general with “hace”; it describes a place.
Also said esto es un horno, parecer un horno
Estar como un horno
in real sentences
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Abre la ventana. Está como un horno acá.
Open the window. It’s baking hot in here.
Tatoeba, sentence by baudelaire, translation by sundown, CC BY 2.0 FR
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Esto parece un horno del calor que hace.
It’s as hot as an oven here.
Tatoeba, sentence by Curro, translation by sundown, CC BY 2.0 FR
Where does Estar como un horno
come from?
The picture explains itself: the room is as hot as the inside of an oven. English Wiktionary lists “very hot place” as a figurative sense of “horno”. There’s no date or story, which is no surprise for such an obvious comparison.
Mistakes learners make with Estar como un horno
Saying “hace como un horno”. Weather takes “hace calor”, but the oven comparison is about a place, so it needs “está” or “es”.
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