calentarse

calentarse

► verbo pronominal

1 to get hot, get warm

2 figurado (enfadarse) to get heated, get annoyed

3 figurado (exaltarse) to get excited

4 familiar (excitarse sexualmente) to get horny, get randy

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to warm oneself, warm up, heat up

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VPR

1) (=caldearse) [persona] to warm o.s. up; [plancha, sartén] to heat up, get hot; [habitación] to warm up; [motor, coche] [al encenderse] to warm up; [en exceso] to overheat

nos calentamos a la lumbre — we warmed ourselves up by the fire

- calentarse la cabeza o los cascos por algo

2) * (=animarse)

se calentaban con los aplausos del público — they got a buzz from the audience's applause *

los ánimos se calentaron y acabaron a golpes — feelings began to run high o things got heated and it ended in a punch-up

3) * [sexualmente] to get turned on *

4) LAm * (=enojarse) to get cross, get mad ( esp EEUU) *

5) Cono Sur * (=disgustarse) to get upset

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(v.) = warm up

Ex. To use DOBIS/LIBIS, turn the terminal on and wait for it to warm up.

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(v.) = warm up

Ex: To use DOBIS/LIBIS, turn the terminal on and wait for it to warm up.

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■calentarse verbo reflexivo
1 to get hot o warm, heat up
2 figurado (enardecerse) to get excited
3 LAm to lose one's temper
♦ Locuciones: deja de calentarte la cabeza con lo que te dijo, stop worringy about what he said
'calentarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
casco
- seso
- calentar
English:
heat up
- warm
- warm up
- heat
- hot

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vpr

1. [por calor] [persona] to warm oneself, to get warm;

[cosa] to heat up

2. Fam [pegarse]

se calentaron a base de bien they really laid into one another

3. Fam [sexualmente] to get horny o esp Br randy

4. [agitarse] to get angry o annoyed;

Comp

calentarse la cabeza to worry, to get worked up

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calentarse

v/r warm up, have a warm-up; fig : de discusión, disputa become heated

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vr

1) : to get warm, to heat up

2) : to warm up (in sports)

3) fam : to become sexually aroused

4) fam : to get mad