quecer

Signification

1. (intransitive) to warm up
2. (transitive) to heat
3. (intransitive) to heat (when a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile)

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kɛˈθeɾ/

Étymologie

From Old Galician-Portuguese caesçer, from Latin calēscere (“to heat up”), frequentative of caleō (“to be warm”). Cognate with Portuguese aquecer and Asturian calecer.