calentar

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Spanish

Etymology

From caliente +‎ -ar, or less likely from a Vulgar Latin *calentāre. Compare Portuguese aquentar, Galician quentar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalenˈtaɾ/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ca‧len‧tar

Verb

calentar (first-person singular present caliento, first-person singular preterite calenté, past participle calentado)

  1. (transitive) to heat, to warm up (cause an increase in temperature)
    Antonym: enfriar
  2. (transitive) to turn on (arouse sexually)
  3. (transitive, intransitive, exercise) to warm up (prepare for a physical activity)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calentar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive calentar
gerund calentando
past participle masculine feminine
singular calentado calentada
plural calentados calentadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present caliento calientastú
calentásvos 		calienta calentamos calentáis calientan
imperfect calentaba calentabas calentaba calentábamos calentabais calentaban
preterite calenté calentaste calentó calentamos calentasteis calentaron
future calentaré calentarás calentará calentaremos calentaréis calentarán
conditional calentaría calentarías calentaría calentaríamos calentaríais calentarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present caliente calientestú
calentésvos2 		caliente calentemos calentéis calienten
imperfect
(ra) 		calentara calentaras calentara calentáramos calentarais calentaran
imperfect
(se) 		calentase calentases calentase calentásemos calentaseis calentasen
future1 calentare calentares calentare calentáremos calentareis calentaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative calientatú
calentávos 		caliente calentemos calentad calienten
negative no calientes no caliente no calentemos no calentéis no calienten

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of calentar (e-ie alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive calentar dative calentarme calentarte calentarle, calentarse calentarnos calentaros calentarles, calentarse
accusative calentarme calentarte calentarlo, calentarla, calentarse calentarnos calentaros calentarlos, calentarlas, calentarse
with gerund calentando dative calentándome calentándote calentándole, calentándose calentándonos calentándoos calentándoles, calentándose
accusative calentándome calentándote calentándolo, calentándola, calentándose calentándonos calentándoos calentándolos, calentándolas, calentándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative calienta dative caliéntame caliéntate caliéntale caliéntanos not used caliéntales
accusative caliéntame caliéntate caliéntalo, caliéntala caliéntanos not used caliéntalos, caliéntalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative calentá dative calentame calentate calentale calentanos not used calentales
accusative calentame calentate calentalo, calentala calentanos not used calentalos, calentalas
with formal second-person singular imperative caliente dative caliénteme not used caliéntele, caliéntese caliéntenos not used caliénteles
accusative caliénteme not used caliéntelo, caliéntela, caliéntese caliéntenos not used caliéntelos, caliéntelas
with first-person plural imperative calentemos dative not used calentémoste calentémosle calentémonos calentémoos calentémosles
accusative not used calentémoste calentémoslo, calentémosla calentémonos calentémoos calentémoslos, calentémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative calentad dative calentadme not used calentadle calentadnos calentaos calentadles
accusative calentadme not used calentadlo, calentadla calentadnos calentaos calentadlos, calentadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative calienten dative caliéntenme not used caliéntenle caliéntennos not used caliéntenles, caliéntense
accusative caliéntenme not used caliéntenlo, caliéntenla caliéntennos not used caliéntenlos, caliéntenlas, caliéntense

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