Similar words
popular
Close — English "hot" can mean popular/trendy, as in "a hot new trend."
tropical
Close — tropical climates are hot.
Similar in other languages
German
heiß
heiß is the German word for the same thing — both mean "hot."
Spanish
caliente
caliente is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "hot."
Practice
1 What does quente mean?
hot
2 Fill the gap: A sopa está ___.
Full sentence: A sopa está quente. (The soup is hot.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches quente?
quente: neutral register, core frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.