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Asturian
Etymology
From Latin calēntem, singular accusative of calēns, present participle of caleō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈljente/,
- Rhymes: -ente
- Hyphenation: ca‧lien‧te
Adjective
caliente (epicene, plural calientes)
- hot
Spanish
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin calentem, singular accusative of calēns, present participle of caleō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈljente/
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: ca‧lien‧te
Adjective
caliente m or f (masculine and feminine plural calientes)
- hot, warm (emitting heat or warmth)
- Synonyms: cálido, (weather) caluroso
- Antonym: frío
- hot (close to finding or guessing something)
- Antonym: frío
- (slang) horny (sexually aroused)
- Synonyms: cachondo, excitado, calenturiento
Usage notes
- 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.
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
caliente
- inflection of calentar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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