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calentamiento

warming

noun kah-len-tah-MYEN-toh Rare

Also means

warm-up

Usage Note

Calentamiento is formed from calentar (to heat/warm) + -miento. In environmental contexts calentamiento global (global warming) is by far the most common collocation. In sport, el calentamiento means the warm-up session before exercise. The verb calentar is e→ie stem-changing, but the noun is regular.

Examples

"El calentamiento global preocupa a los científicos."

Natural Translation

Global warming worries scientists.

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