calor

m.

1 heat (temperatura alta).

al calor de la lumbre by the fireside

este abrigo da mucho calor this coat is very warm

entrar en calor to get warm; to warm up (figurative) (público, deportista)

hace calor it's warm o hot

tener calor to be warm o hot

calor animal body heat

calor específico (physics) specific heat

2 warmth (afecto, entusiasmo).

el calor del público the warmth of the audience

3 ardor, eagerness, fervor, zeal.

4 hot weather, suffocating heat.

5 cauma.

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calor

► nombre masculino

1 heat, warmth

■ hace calor it is hot

■ tengo calor I'm hot

2 figurado (actividad) heat

■ en el calor del debate in the heat of the debate

3 figurado (afecto) warmth

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FRASEOLOGÍA

al calor de figurado under the wing of

■ fue criado al calor de sus abuelos he was brought up under his grandparents' wing

entrar en calor to get warm 2 DEPORTE to warm up

calor natural natural heat

el calor del hogar figurado the warmth of home

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noun m.

1) heat

2) warmth

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SM

[a veces] SF

1) (=alta temperatura) heat

no puedo dormir con este calor — I can't sleep in this heat

no soporto los calores del verano — I can't cope with the heat in summer

un material resistente al calor — a heat-resistant material

¡qué calor! — it's really hot!

nos sentamos al calor de la chimenea — we sat by the heat of the fire, we sat by the warm fireside

• dar calor, el fuego da un calorcito muy agradable — the fire gives off a very pleasant heat

esta camiseta me da demasiado calor — this shirt is too hot o warm

• entrar en calor — to get warm

un café para entrar en calor — a coffee to warm you/us up

• hacer calor — to be hot

hace muchísimo calor — it's very hot

mañana hará mucho calor — it will be very hot tomorrow

• pasar calor — to be hot

nunca he pasado tanto calor como hoy — I've never been o felt as hot as today

• tener calor — to be hot

tengo mucho calor — I'm very hot

asar 2.

2) (=afecto) warmth and affection

un niño falto de calor — a child deprived of warmth and affection

calor humano — human warmth

3) pl calores [de la menopausia] hot flushes, hot flashes (EEUU)

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masculino

[Use of the feminine gender, although common in some areas, is generally considered to be archaic or non-standard]

1) (Fís) heat

2)

a) (Meteo) heat

con este calor no puedo trabajar — I can't work in this heat

hoy hace calor — it's hot today

hacía un calor agobiante — the heat was stifling o suffocating

hace un calorcillo agradable — it's pleasantly warm

b) (sensación)

tener calor — to be hot

pasamos un calor horrible — it was terribly o unbearably hot

entrar en calor — to get warm

esta chaqueta me da mucho calor — I feel very hot in this jacket

al calor del fuego/de la lumbre — by the fireside

3) (afecto) warmth

un hogar falto de calor — a home lacking in warmth and affection

4) calores masculino plural (de la menopausia) hot flashes (pl) (AmE), hot flushes (pl) (BrE)

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= heat, warmth.

Ex. Numerous different models are available, ranging from models where communication is via a heat sensitive screen, through to terminals linked to an outside computer by a telephone line.

Ex. The spark of warmth had emboldened her.

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* achicharrarse de calor = bake.

* al calor de la lumbre = round-the-fireside.

* asarse de calor = bake.

* bocanada de calor = gust of warm air, gust of hot air, gust of heat.

* bomba de calor = heat pump.

* calor abrasador = scorching heat, blistering heat, torrid heat.

* calor achicharrante = scorching heat, blistering heat.

* calor extremo = extreme heat.

* calor infernal = scorching heat, blistering heat.

* calor sofocante = torrid heat.

* calor tórrido = scorching heat, torrid heat, blistering heat.

* día de mucho calor = scorcher.

* durante las horas de más calor = during the heat of the day.

* estrés causado por el calor = heat stress.

* estrés debido al calor = heat stress.

* intercambio de calor = heat exchange.

* ola de calor = heat wave.

* oleada de calor = heat wave.

* pantalla susceptible al calor = sensitive screen.

* pérdida de calor = heat loss.

* que hace entrar en calor = warming.

* que retiene el calor = heat absorbing.

* resistente al calor = heat-resistant.

* si no aguantas el calor, sal de la cocina = if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

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masculino

[Use of the feminine gender, although common in some areas, is generally considered to be archaic or non-standard]

1) (Fís) heat

2)

a) (Meteo) heat

con este calor no puedo trabajar — I can't work in this heat

hoy hace calor — it's hot today

hacía un calor agobiante — the heat was stifling o suffocating

hace un calorcillo agradable — it's pleasantly warm

b) (sensación)

tener calor — to be hot

pasamos un calor horrible — it was terribly o unbearably hot

entrar en calor — to get warm

esta chaqueta me da mucho calor — I feel very hot in this jacket

al calor del fuego/de la lumbre — by the fireside

3) (afecto) warmth

un hogar falto de calor — a home lacking in warmth and affection

4) calores masculino plural (de la menopausia) hot flashes (pl) (AmE), hot flushes (pl) (BrE)

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= heat, warmth.

Ex: Numerous different models are available, ranging from models where communication is via a heat sensitive screen, through to terminals linked to an outside computer by a telephone line.

Ex: The spark of warmth had emboldened her.

* achicharrarse de calor = bake.

* al calor de la lumbre = round-the-fireside.

* asarse de calor = bake.

* bocanada de calor = gust of warm air, gust of hot air, gust of heat.

* bomba de calor = heat pump.

* calor abrasador = scorching heat, blistering heat, torrid heat.

* calor achicharrante = scorching heat, blistering heat.

* calor extremo = extreme heat.

* calor infernal = scorching heat, blistering heat.

* calor sofocante = torrid heat.

* calor tórrido = scorching heat, torrid heat, blistering heat.

* día de mucho calor = scorcher.

* durante las horas de más calor = during the heat of the day.

* estrés causado por el calor = heat stress.

* estrés debido al calor = heat stress.

* intercambio de calor = heat exchange.

* ola de calor = heat wave.

* oleada de calor = heat wave.

* pantalla susceptible al calor = sensitive screen.

* pérdida de calor = heat loss.

* que hace entrar en calor = warming.

* que retiene el calor = heat absorbing.

* resistente al calor = heat-resistant.

* si no aguantas el calor, sal de la cocina = if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

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calor

masculine

[Use of the feminine gender, although common in some areas, is generally considered to be archaic or non-standard]

A (Fís) heat

B

1 [Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] (Meteo) heat

con este calor no dan ganas de trabajar you don't feel like working in this heat

hoy hace calor it's hot today

hacía un calor agobiante the heat was stifling o suffocating

hace un calorcillo agradable it's pleasantly warm

2

(sensación): ¿tienes calor? are you hot?

en el viaje pasamos un calor horrible it was terribly o unbearably hot on the journey

me estoy asando de calor (fam); I'm baking o roasting (colloq), I'm boiling (colloq)

tómate esta sopa para entrar en calor drink this soup, it'll warm you up o drink this soup to warm yourself up

me puse a saltar para entrar en calor I started jumping up and down to get warm

esta chaqueta me da mucho calor I feel very hot in this jacket

al calor del fuego/de la lumbre by the fireside

C (afecto) warmth

un hogar falto de calor a home lacking in warmth and affection

D

1

(RPl fam) (vergüenza, apuro): me da calor ir a pedirle plata I'm embarrassed to go and ask him for money

2 (RPl fam) calores mpl (de la menopausia) hot flashes (pl) (AmE), hot flushes (pl) (BrE)

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calor sustantivo masculino Use of the feminine gender, although common in some areas, is generally considered to be archaic or non-standard
1

a) (Fis, Meteo) heat;

◊ hace calor it's hot;

hacía un calor agobiante the heat was stifling o suffocating

b) (sensación):

◊ tener calor to be hot;

pasamos un calor horrible it was terribly hot;
entrar en calor to get warm;
esta chaqueta me da mucho calor I feel very hot in this jacket;
al calor del fuego by the fireside
2 (afecto) warmth
3

◊ calores sustantivo masculino plural (de la menopausia) hot flashes (pl) (AmE), hot flushes (pl) (BrE)

calor sustantivo masculino
1 heat: hacía mucho calor, it was very hot
pasar/tener calor, to feel hot o to be hot
en el calor de la noche, in the heat of the night
2 (afecto, cariño) warmth: el niño echa en falta el calor de una madre, the boy needs some motherly love
3 (pasión) ardour US ardor: discutieron con calor la propuesta, they had a heated discussion about the proposal
♦ Locuciones: entrar en calor, to warm up
al calor de, beside: nos reunimos al calor de la lumbre, we gathered around the bonfire
Si quieres combinar esta palabra con los verbos hacer o tener, debes usar respectivamente to be y to feel/be: Hace calor. It's hot. Tengo calor. I feel hot o I am hot.
'calor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abarquillarse
- abrigar
- achicharrarse
- aplatanada
- aplatanado
- apretar
- ardor
- asada
- asado
- asarse
- asfixiante
- bastante
- bocanada
- bochorno
- calentar
- caliente
- calurosa
- caluroso
- cocerse
- colorada
- colorado
- débil
- demonio
- disminuir
- enfermar
- entrar
- extemporánea
- extemporáneo
- fuera
- insensible
- irradiar
- mucha
- mucho
- pasar
- quemazón
- quien
- reflector
- reflectora
- residual
- sofocante
- sofocarse
- sofoco
- sol
- vaya
- abrigo
- absorber
- absorción
- acalorado
- achicharrante
- adentro
English:
as
- B.T.U.
- bake
- baking
- be
- blistering
- boiling
- certainly
- conduct
- diffuse
- dog days
- emit
- exposure
- feel
- floodlight
- great
- heat
- heat-seeking
- heatwave
- hot
- interminable
- oppressive
- phew
- retain
- roast
- scorcher
- shall
- spell
- suffocating
- that
- used
- very
- warm
- warm up
- warmth
- bask
- become
- Calor Gas
- quite
- roasting

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calor nm

1. [temperatura alta] heat;

[tibieza] warmth;

el calor dilata los cuerpos heat causes bodies to expand;

al calor de la lumbre by the fireside;

asarse de calor to be roasting, to be boiling hot;

este abrigo da mucho calor this coat is very warm;

entrar en calor to get warm;

[público, deportista] to warm up;

hace calor it's warm o hot;

¡qué calor (hace)! it's so hot!;

tener calor to be warm o hot;

voy a abrir la ventana, tengo calor I'm going to open the window, I'm too hot

Comp

calor animal body heat;

calor blanco white heat;

Fís calor específico specific heat;

calor latente latent heat;

calor negro electric heating;

calor radiante radiant heat

2. [afecto, entusiasmo] warmth;

la emocionó el calor del público she was moved by the warmth of the audience

Comp

calor humano human warmth

3. RP Fam [vergüenza] embarrassment;

me da calor hablar en público I get embarrassed if I have to speak in public

4. RP

calores [de la menopausia] hot flushes o US flashes

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calor

m

1 heat;

hace mucho calor it’s very hot;

tengo calor I’m hot

2 fig

warmth;

entrar en calor get warm

3

:

al calor de fig : ayuda económica, contactos thanks to

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calor nm

1) : heat

hace calor: it's hot outside

tener calor: to feel hot

2) : warmth, affection

3) : ardor, passion

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calor n heat

hacer calor to be hot

hace mucho calor hoy it's very hot today

tener calor to be hot

tengo mucho calor I'm very hot