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recalentar

Spanish, verb/rekalenˈtaɾ/

recalentar is a Spanish verb meaning “to reheat, rewarm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does recalentar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to reheat, rewarm

  2. 2

    to overheat

  3. 3

    to overheat

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of recalentar

  • recaliento first-person present singular
  • recalenté first-person preterite singular
  • recalentado participle past
  • e-ie alternation
  • recalentando gerund
  • recalentada feminine participle past
  • recalentados masculine participle past
  • recalentadas feminine participle past
  • recalientas indicative informal present
  • recalentás indicative informal present
  • recalienta indicative present singular
  • recalentamos first-person indicative plural
  • recalentáis indicative plural present
  • recalientan indicative plural present
  • recalentaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • recalentabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • recalentábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • recalentabais imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce recalentar?

  • /rekalenˈtaɾ/
  • [re.ka.lẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to recalentar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is recalentar in Spanish?

recalentar appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).