caliente
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See also: Caliente
Contents
Asturian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin calēntem, singular accusative of calēns, present participle of caleō.
Adjective[edit]
caliente
Related terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin calēntem, singular accusative of calēns, present participle of caleō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
caliente (plural calientes)
- hot, warm (emitting heat or warmth)
- hot (close to finding or guessing something)
- (slang) horny (sexually aroused)
Usage notes[edit]
- The correct translation for ‘to feel hot’ is tener calor, not ‘estar caliente’.
- Caliente never means spicy, pungent, orally stimulating; translations of these terms are picante (all), picoso (only for spicy).
- For the sense of "sexually appealing", see candente,
Synonyms[edit]
- (warm): cálido, caluroso (weather)
- (horny): cachondo, excitado, calenturiento
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Non-lemma forms.
Verb[edit]
caliente
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of calentar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of calentar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of calentar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of calentar.
Further reading[edit]
- “caliente” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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- Asturian terms inherited from Latin
- Asturian terms derived from Latin
- Asturian lemmas
- Asturian adjectives
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish adjectives
- Spanish slang
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish basic words
