Hot and horno (English/Spanish)
In Spain you might frequently come across the word horno, for example on menus. Beware - it doesn't suggest any dishes with aphrodisiacal properties. Horno simply means oven. For example: pollo al horno is oven roast chicken.
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In Spanish, for saying that someone is hot, we don't say 'caliente', we say 'él está bueno' or 'ella está buena'.
When my family and I visited Mexico my dad wanted to speak Spanish. On our first tour and said to our guide "Estoy caliente." Our guide began to laugh and said in perfect English, "I'm happy for you. You have a very pretty wife." It just so happend that in that part of Mexico, to say your horny you say "Estoy caliente." After hearing him say he had a beautiful wife, my dad responded with "Gracias, mi esposo es muy bonito."
Gabby, you've made my classic mistake: I always say ³Ù°ù²¹²õ±ô²¹³¦¾±Ã³²Ô in Spanish instead of ³Ù°ù²¹»å³Ü³¦³¦¾±Ã³²Ô ... and you've said traduction instead of translation.
I find it pretty funny that English speakers think that Spanish speakers say 'chica caliente' (hot chick). We don't. It sounds weird. In English is like a cheeky way to say that you're pretty, right? But in Spanish, it doesn't make sense, at least the literal traduction. Stick to 'chica bonita/linda/guapa' Greetings from Mexico.
In the name of a business, Horno typically means Bakery, so Horno LuÃs would be Lou's Bakery (not Horny Lou or Oven-roasted Lou!)
You have to be cafeful when talking about the weather ... está caliente in reference to a lady means she's hot not warm. The correct word, I was advised, after making this faux-pas is tiene calor.
When you want to say in Spain "I'm hot" don't say "estoy caliente ", use "tengo calor ".
Estar bueno " means being gorgeous, good-looking, attractive while "ser bueno " means being a good person.
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