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calentar

to heat

verb kah-lehn-TAHR Rare

Also means

to warm up

Usage Note

Calentar is a stem-changing verb (e→ie): caliento, calientas, calienta. It means to heat food, a room, or a person, and also 'to warm up' before sport (calentar antes del partido). The reflexive calentarse can mean to get heated (literally or figuratively, as in an argument). The adjective caliente (hot, warm) shares the same root.

Examples

"Calienta la sopa antes de servirla."

Natural Translation

Heat the soup before serving it.

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