caliente
Spanish, adjective/kaˈljente/
caliente is spelled C-A-L-I-E-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears 39 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,209th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caliente is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “hot, warm (emitting heat or warmth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of calentar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que tiene una temperatura elevada”.
What does caliente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinehot, warm (emitting heat or warmth)
- 2
femininemasculinehot (close to finding or guessing something)
- 3
femininemasculineslanghorny (sexually aroused)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que tiene una temperatura elevada. 2. Dícese de un cuarto, una vestimenta, etc.: que acomoda y da calor. 3. Dícese de una disputa, riña, batalla: vivo, acalorado. 4. Afectado por la ira, el fastidio.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of caliente
- calientes feminine masculine plural
- calentísimo superlative
- calientísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caliente?
- /kaˈljente/
- [kaˈljẽn̪.t̪e]
- [kaˈljẽn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caliente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caliente in Spanish?
caliente appears 39 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).