calentar
Meaning
- (transitive) to heat, to warm up (cause an increase in temperature)
- (transitive) to turn on (arouse sexually)
- (intransitive,transitive) to warm up (prepare for a physical activity)
Concepts
heat
warm
warm up
heat up
stoke
hot up
animate
be hot
be warm
enliven
freshen
vivify
war
fire
rub
be excited
get hot
limber up
loosen up
screw up
arouse
excite
sex
turn on
wind up
mull
set on fire
simmer
reheat
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ca‧len‧tar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kalenˈtaɾ/
Etymology
From caliente + -ar, or less likely from a Vulgar Latin *calentāre. Compare Portuguese aquentar, Galician quentar.
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