Usage Note
Hurno is borrowed from Spanish horno and refers to an oven used for baking or roasting. It is used in cooking and baking contexts, though many Filipinos also use the English word 'oven.' Traditional Filipino communities used clay or wood-fired hurno for baking bread and pastries, and the word remains common in discussions of baking and local bakeries (panaderia).
Examples
" Mainit pa ang hurno. "
Natural Translation
The oven is still hot.
Literal Translation
Hot still the oven.
" Inihanda niya ang tinapay sa hurno ng dalawang oras. "
Natural Translation
He/She prepared the bread in the oven for two hours.
Literal Translation
Prepared he/she the bread in-the oven for two hours.
" Bago ka maglagay ng tinapay, siguraduhing mainit na ang hurno para hindi malasa ang luto. "
Natural Translation
Before you put in the bread, make sure the oven is already hot so the baking doesn't turn out badly.
Literal Translation
Before you put of bread, make-sure-that hot already the oven so-that not bad-tasting the cooking.
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