caluroso

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h₁éh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *kalēō

Latin caleō

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Italic *-ōs

Latin -or

Latin calor

Old Spanish calor

Spanish calor

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ō̆tsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Old Spanish -oso

Spanish -oso

Spanish caluroso

From calor + -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaluˈɾoso/ [ka.luˈɾo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: ca‧lu‧ro‧so

Adjective

caluroso (feminine calurosa, masculine plural calurosos, feminine plural calurosas)

1. very hot, to a greater extent than caliente

Further reading

• “caluroso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025