En el probador del fondo hacía tanto calor que mi madre salió enseguida.

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Breakdown of En el probador del fondo hacía tanto calor que mi madre salió enseguida.

• mi: my
• del: of the
• que: that

Questions & Answers about En el probador del fondo hacía tanto calor que mi madre salió enseguida.

What does probador mean in this sentence?

Probador means a fitting room or changing room in a shop, especially a clothes shop.

In Spain, probador is the normal word for the place where you try clothes on.

So en el probador = in the fitting room.

Why does it say del fondo?

Del is the contraction of de + el.

So:

• de el fondo → del fondo

Here el fondo means the back or the far end of a place.

So el probador del fondo means:

• the fitting room at the back
• the fitting room at the far end

It does not mean the room literally belongs to the back. It is just a common way to describe location in Spanish.

Why is the sentence starting with En el probador del fondo?

Spanish often puts the location first to set the scene.

So:

• En el probador del fondo hacía tanto calor...
  = In the fitting room at the back, it was so hot...

This sounds natural in Spanish. It gives the setting before telling you what happened.

You could also change the order and still keep the meaning, for example:

• Mi madre salió enseguida porque en el probador del fondo hacía tanto calor.

But the original version is very natural.