FromLatincalēntem, singular accusative ofcalēns, present participle ofcaleō.

• IPA^(key):/kaˈljente/[kaˈljẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes:-ente
• Syllabification:ca‧lien‧te

caliente (epicene,pluralcalientes)

1. hot

• caldu

Inherited fromLatincalentem, singular accusative ofcalēns, present participle ofcaleō.

• IPA^(key):/kaˈljente/[kaˈljẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes:-ente
• Syllabification:ca‧lien‧te

caliente m orf (masculine and feminine pluralcalientes)

1. hot,warm(emitting heat or warmth)

   Synonyms:cálido,(weather)caluroso

   Antonym:frío

2. hot(close to finding or guessing something)

   Antonym:frío

3. (slang)horny(sexually aroused)

   Synonyms:cachondo,excitado,calenturiento

• The correct translation for "to feel hot" istener calor, not "estar caliente".
• Caliente never meansspicy,pungent,orally stimulating; translations of these terms arepicante (all),picoso (only for spicy).
• For the sense of "sexually appealing", seecandente.

• → Papiamentu:kayente

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

caliente

1. inflection ofcalentar:
   1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
   2. third-personsingularimperative

• “caliente”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10