quecer

Meaning

  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)

Frequency

20k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɛˈθeɾ/
Etymology

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

Cognate with Portuguese
Portuguese
aquecer

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