Polyglot Dictionary

caluroso

/kaluˈɾoso/

adjective B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

feminine
calurosa
plural
calurosos

Meaning

  1. hot, warm

    • Fue un verano caluroso.

      It was a hot summer.

Similar words

cálido

cálido is more about warmth broadly, including emotional warmth; caluroso is more purely about hot weather.

caliente

caliente is more about touch-temperature hot, like an object; caluroso is more about weather or climate being hot.

Similar in other languages

German

erhitzt

Close — heated relates to hot, warm (caluroso).

English

scorching

scorching is caluroso (hot) taken to an extreme -- far beyond ordinary hot.

Practice

1 What does caluroso mean?

2 Fill the gap: Fue un verano ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches caluroso?

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