English

Proper noun

Caliente

1. An unincorporated community in California
2. A city in Nevada

Derived terms

• Caliente Mountain
• Caliente Range

Asturian

Adjective

caliente

1. hot

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin calēntem, singular accusative of calēns, present participle of caleō.

Adjective

caliente m, f ‎(plural calientes)

1. hot, warm (emitting heat or warmth)
2. hot (close to finding or guessing something)
3. (slang) horny (sexually aroused)

Usage notes

• The correct translation for ‘to feel hot’ is tener calor, not ‘estar caliente’
• Caliente never means spicy, pungent, orally stimulating; translations of these terms are picante (all), picoso (only for spicy)
• For the sense of sexually appealing, see candente

Synonyms

• (warm): cálido, caluroso (weather)
• (horny): cachondo, excitado, calenturiento

Verb

caliente

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of calentar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of calentar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of calentar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of calentar.

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