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How to say “hot” in Spanish

3 phrases · Tourist, Learner, and Local levels · with pronunciation

TouristBeginner – simple, short, survival phrases

Hace mucho calor.

🔊 AH-seh MOO-cho ka-LOR

Literally: It makes a lot of heat.

💡 Simple

LearnerIntermediate – natural sentences, conversational

Hace un calor insoportable hoy, bebe mucha agua.

🔊 AH-seh oon ka-LOR een-so-por-TAH-bleh oy, BEH-beh MOO-cha AH-gwah

Literally: It's unbearably hot today, drink lots of water.

💡 insoportable = unbearable

LocalAdvanced – idioms and colloquialisms

¡Estoy sudando como un pollo, con este calor no hay quien viva!

🔊 Es-TOY soo-DAN-do ko-mo oon PO-yo, kon ES-teh ka-LOR no ay kyen VEE-vah

Literally: I'm sweating like a chicken, no one can live in this heat!

💡 sudando como un pollo = sweating like a chicken; no hay quien viva = nobody can live like this

About these Spanish phrases

These Spanish weather phrases cover three levels of fluency for expressing hot conditions. The Tourist phrase is what any beginner can use immediately. The Learner phrase sounds natural in everyday conversation. The Local phrase uses authentic idioms and expressions that native speakers actually use — the kind of phrase that makes locals smile when they hear a foreigner use it.

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