quente

Adj

1. (feminine, masculine) hot; warm
2. (feminine, masculine) on heat
3. (feminine, masculine, vulgar) aroused sexually

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of quentar:
2. (form-of, imperative, singular, third-person) inflection of quentar:

quentar

1. (reflexive, transitive) to heat
2. (figuratively, transitive) to beat up
3. (figuratively, reflexive, transitive) to anger; to get angry

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Opposite of

frío

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkɛnt̪ɪ]

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: calēns

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese caente (“hot; warm”), from Latin calēns, calēntem, present participle of caleō.