calentar
Spanish
Etymology
From caliente + -ar, or less likely from a Vulgar Latin *calentāre. Compare Portuguese aquentar, Galician quentar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kalenˈtaɾ/ [ka.lẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ca‧len‧tar
Verb
calentar (first-person singular present caliento, first-person singular preterite calenté, past participle calentado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of calentar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of calentar (e-ie alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive calentar | |||||||
| dative | calentarme | calentarte | calentarle, calentarse | calentarnos | calentaros | calentarles, calentarse | |
| accusative | calentarme | calentarte | calentarlo, calentarla, calentarse | calentarnos | calentaros | calentarlos, calentarlas, calentarse | |
| with gerund calentando | |||||||
| dative | calentándome | calentándote | calentándole, calentándose | calentándonos | calentándoos | calentándoles, calentándose | |
| accusative | calentándome | calentándote | calentándolo, calentándola, calentándose | calentándonos | calentándoos | calentándolos, calentándolas, calentándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative calienta | |||||||
| dative | caliéntame | caliéntate | caliéntale | caliéntanos | not used | caliéntales | |
| accusative | caliéntame | caliéntate | caliéntalo, caliéntala | caliéntanos | not used | caliéntalos, caliéntalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative calentá | |||||||
| dative | calentame | calentate | calentale | calentanos | not used | calentales | |
| accusative | calentame | calentate | calentalo, calentala | calentanos | not used | calentalos, calentalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative caliente | |||||||
| dative | caliénteme | not used | caliéntele, caliéntese | caliéntenos | not used | caliénteles | |
| accusative | caliénteme | not used | caliéntelo, caliéntela, caliéntese | caliéntenos | not used | caliéntelos, caliéntelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative calentemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | calentémoste | calentémosle | calentémonos | calentémoos | calentémosles | |
| accusative | not used | calentémoste | calentémoslo, calentémosla | calentémonos | calentémoos | calentémoslos, calentémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative calentad | |||||||
| dative | calentadme | not used | calentadle | calentadnos | calentaos | calentadles | |
| accusative | calentadme | not used | calentadlo, calentadla | calentadnos | calentaos | calentadlos, calentadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative calienten | |||||||
| dative | caliéntenme | not used | caliéntenle | caliéntennos | not used | caliéntenles, caliéntense | |
| accusative | caliéntenme | not used | caliéntenlo, caliéntenla | caliéntennos | not used | caliéntenlos, caliéntenlas, caliéntense | |
Derived terms
- arrimarse al sol que más calienta (“to jump on the bandwagon; to get in with the right people by kissing their asses”)
- calientapija (“cocktease”)
Related terms
Further reading
- “calentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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