How to Say ‘It's so hot today!’ in Mexican Spanish
¡Qué calor hace hoy!
keh kah-LOHR AH-seh oy
[keh kah-LOHR AH-seh oy]
💬 Usage Tip: Spanish says weather 'makes' heat: hace calor, literally "makes heat", not 'is hot'. Swap in frío "cold" or viento "wind": ¡Qué frío hace hoy!
Phrase Breakdown
¡Qué calor
keh kah-LOHR
How hot
'Qué' + noun is an exclamation. Stress the end of 'calor': 'kah-LOR'.
¡Qué calor!
So hot!
Words in this phrase
Qué
[keh]
what (a) / how
Exclamatory word used to stress something, like 'what a...!' or 'so...!'.
¡Qué frío!
How cold!
calor
[kah-LOHR]
heat
Masculine noun for hot weather; used with 'hacer' to say it's hot.
Tengo mucho calor.
I'm very hot.
hace hoy!
AH-seh oy
it is today!
Spanish uses 'hacer' for weather. The 'h' is silent in both words: 'AH-seh oy'.
Hace frío hoy.
It's cold today.
Words in this phrase
hace
[AH-seh]
it is
Used to describe the weather or conditions.
Hace calor afuera.
It is hot outside.
hoy
[oy]
Today
The current day.
Hoy voy al mercado.
Today I'm going to the market.
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