heat

/hiːt/

noun A2
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. calor

    • The heat was unbearable in summer.

      El calor era insoportable en verano.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

calorie

Spanish "caloría" (calorie) comes from the same root as "calor" (heat), but the words have drifted apart in English: heat is general warmth or temperature; a calorie is a unit of energy in food.

Similar in other languages

German

Wärme

Close — heat relates to warmth.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa heat?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: The ___ was unbearable in summer.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a heat?

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