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Oven in Spanish: How to Say Horno (with a Silent H)
Horno · noun (masculine) · OR-noh
Oven in Spanish is horno, a masculine noun (el horno). The h is silent, and a microwave oven is a horno de microondas, often shortened to microondas.
Horno is OR-noh; remember the Spanish h is never pronounced.
Precalienta el horno a doscientos grados.
Preheat the oven to two hundred degrees.
Oven in Spanish: Quick Reference
Below are the most common Spanish words for oven, with pronunciation and regional usage notes.
| Spanish | English | Pronunciation | Region / Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| horno | oven | OR-noh | Default, widely understood |
| horno de microondas | oven | microwave oven |
How Native Speakers Use Horno
Real example sentences across three contexts you'll actually run into.
Preheating
Precalienta el horno a doscientos grados.
Preheat the oven to two hundred degrees.
A standard instruction in any recipe.
What's inside
El pan ya está en el horno.
The bread is already in the oven.
En el horno is the natural location phrase.
Buying one
Compramos un horno nuevo para la cocina.
We bought a new oven for the kitchen.
Horno as an appliance purchase.
Avoid These Mistakes When Using Horno
Pronouncing the h
Incorrect: Saying HOR-no with an English h sound.
Correct: OR-no with a silent h.
The Spanish h is always silent, so horno begins with the o sound, and voicing the h is a classic English-speaker slip.
Confusing horno with estufa
Incorrect: Hornea las galletas en la estufa.
Correct: Hornea las galletas en el horno.
Horno is the oven where you bake, whereas estufa is the stovetop or stove, so baking happens in the horno.
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Common Questions About Oven in Spanish
- How do you say oven in Spanish?
- Oven in Spanish is horno (OR-noh), a masculine noun with a silent h, and a microwave oven is a horno de microondas.
- What does al horno mean on a menu?
- Al horno means baked or oven-roasted, as in pollo al horno (roast chicken) or papas al horno (baked potatoes), signaling the cooking method.
- How do I say to bake in Spanish?
- The verb is hornear (or-neh-AR), built from horno, and you can also say cocer al horno for cooking something in the oven.