English-Spanish Dictionary

Spanish Translation of “hot”

hot (hɒt Pronunciation for hot

Translations

adjective

Word forms:   comparative hotter,  superlative hottest
  1. (gen) caliente
    1. [climate] cálido
    2. [day, summer] caluroso, de calor
    3. [sun] abrasador
     ⇒ with running hot and cold water con agua corriente caliente y fría ⇒ it was a very hot day fue un día de mucho calor ⇒ it was a hot and tiring walk fue una caminata que nos hizo sudar y nos cansó mucho ⇒ a nice hot bath un buen baño caliente ⇒ to be hot [thing] estar caliente [weather], hacer calor [person], tener calor ⇒ this room is hot hace calor en esta habitación ⇒ to be very hot [thing] estar muy caliente [weather], hacer mucho calor [person], tener mucho calor ⇒ I'm too hot tengo demasiado calor

    it made me go hot and cold me dio escalofríos

    to get hot [thing] calentarse [weather] empezar a hacer calor [person] ⇒ I'm getting hot me está entrando calor ⇒ to get (all) hot and bothered sofocarse ⇒ you're getting hot (figurative, when guessing) caliente, caliente

  2. (= spicy, peppery)
    1. [taste, food] picante
     ⇒ this food is very hot esta comida es muy picante ⇒ Mexican food's too hot la comida mejicana es demasiado picante
  3. (figurative)
    1. [contest] muy reñido
    2. [temper] malo
    3. [dispute] acalorado

    hot favourite gran favorito masculine

    to make it hot for sb hacerle la vida imposible a algn ⇒ to make a place too hot for sb hacer que algn se vaya de un lugar haciéndole la vida imposible

    hot money dinero masculine caliente

    hot news noticias feminine plural de última hora

    he's a pretty hot player es un jugador experto

    he has a hot temper tiene mal genio or carácter

    a hot tip información feminine de buenas tintas or de fuente fidedigna

    idiom: to be in/get into hot water estar/meterse en problemas

    idiom: to be hot under the collar (informal) estar acalorado ⇒ to get hot under the collar (informal) acalorarse

    idiom: to be too hot to handle ⇒ he's/it's too hot to handle es demasiado

    idiom: that's a hot button or a hot-button issue (US) ese es un asunto polémico, ese es un tema candente ⇒ these accusations have hit a hot button in the black community estas acusaciones han levantado ampollas entre la población negra

see also pursuit

adverb

  1.  ⇒ to be hot on sb's trail or heels pisar los talones a algn ⇒ news hot from the press una noticia que acaba de publicarse en la prensa

    idiom: to blow hot and cold ser veleta, mudar a todos los vientos

noun

  1.  ⇒ he's got the hots for her (informal) ella le pone cachondo

Compounds

Similar Words

= heated, burning, boiling, steaming, flaming, roasting, searing, blistering, fiery, scorching, scalding, piping hot, aboil
= feverish, burning (up), flushed, febrile
= new, latest, fresh, recent, up to date, just out, up to the minute, bang up to date, hot off the press,
= popular, hip, fashionable, cool, in demand, sought-after, must-see, in vogue, the new, du jour, culty,
= stolen, dodgy, illicit, smuggled, bootleg, contraband, under the counter, knockoff, shonky

'hot' in Other Languages

  • Arabic: سَاخِنٌPronunciation for سَاخِنٌ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: quentePronunciation for quente
  • Chinese: Pronunciation for 热
  • Croatian: vrućPronunciation for vruć vruća
  • Czech: horkýPronunciation for horký
  • Danish: varmPronunciation for varm
  • Dutch: heetPronunciation for heet
  • European Spanish: calientePronunciation for caliente
  • Finnish: kuumaPronunciation for kuuma
  • French: chaudPronunciation for chaud
  • German: heißPronunciation for heiß
  • Greek: καυτόςPronunciation for καυτός καυτή
  • Italian: caldoPronunciation for caldo calda
  • Japanese: 熱いPronunciation for 熱い
  • Korean: 뜨거운Pronunciation for 뜨거운
  • Norwegian: glovarmPronunciation for glovarm
  • Polish: gorącyPronunciation for gorący gorąca
  • Portuguese: quentePronunciation for quente
  • Romanian: fierbinte fierbinte, fierbinți
  • Russian: горячийPronunciation for горячий горячая
  • Spanish: calientePronunciation for caliente
  • Swedish: varmPronunciation for varm varmt
  • Thai: ร้อนPronunciation for ร้อน
  • Turkish: sıcakPronunciation for sıcak
  • Ukrainian: гарячий
  • Vietnamese: nóngPronunciation for nóngnhiệt độ

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