caliente
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See also: Caliente
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Asturian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin calēnte, singular ablative of calēns, present participle of caleō.
Adjective[edit]
caliente
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin calēnte, singular ablative of calēns, present participle of caleō.
Adjective[edit]
caliente m, f (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
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.
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