calentar
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom caliente + -ar, or less likely from a Vulgar Latin *calentāre. Compare Portuguese aquentar, Galician quentar.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /kalenˈtaɾ/ [ka.lẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ca‧len‧tar
Verb
editcalentar (first-person singular present caliento, first-person singular preterite calenté, past participle calentado)
- (transitive) to heat, to warm up (cause an increase in temperature)
- Antonym: enfriar
- (transitive) to turn on (arouse sexually)
- (transitive, intransitive, exercise) to warm up (prepare for a physical activity)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of calentar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of calentar (e-ie alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
edit- arrimarse al sol que más calienta (“to jump on the bandwagon; to get in with the right people by kissing their asses”)
- calentamiento
- calentar la mano
- calentar motores
- calentarse el horno
- calentarse la cabeza
- calientabraguetas
- calientahuevos
- calientapiernas
- calientapiés
- calientapija (“cocktease”)
- calientaplatos
- calientapollas
- recalentar
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “calentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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- es:Exercise