caldear

v.

1 to heat (up).

2 to warm up, to liven up.

3 to heat up, to warm up, to heat.

El sol tan fuerte caldea el cuarto The very strong sun heats up the room.

4 to excite, to stimulate, to animate.

Su belleza caldea la pasión Her beauty excites passion.

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caldear

► verbo transitivo

1 (calentar) to warm, heat

2 figurado (excitar) to heat up, warm up

► verbo pronominal caldearse

1 (calentarse) to get warm, become hot

2 figurado (excitarse) to warm up

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1.

VT (=calentar) to warm (up), heat (up); (Téc) to weld

caldear los ánimos de la gente — to work people up

2.

See:

caldearse

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <habitación/local> to heat, heat ... up

b) (enardecer)

el discurso caldeó los ánimos de los obreros — the speech inflamed the feelings of the workers

esas palabras caldearon el ambiente — these words added fuel to the flames

2.

caldearse v pron

a) habitación/local to warm up, heat up

b) (enardecerse)

se estaban empezando a caldear los ánimos — things were beginning to get heated

se caldeó el ambiente — feelings started to run high

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <habitación/local> to heat, heat ... up

b) (enardecer)

el discurso caldeó los ánimos de los obreros — the speech inflamed the feelings of the workers

esas palabras caldearon el ambiente — these words added fuel to the flames

2.

caldearse v pron

a) habitación/local to warm up, heat up

b) (enardecerse)

se estaban empezando a caldear los ánimos — things were beginning to get heated

se caldeó el ambiente — feelings started to run high

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caldear [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹habitación/local› to heat, heat … up

2 ‹ambiente› to make … more heated

sus declaraciones no hicieron más que caldear aún más el ambiente his words only added fuel to the flames o made things more heated

el orador caldeó los ánimos de los manifestantes the speaker roused o inflamed the feelings of the demonstrators

■ caldearse

v pron

1 «habitación/local» to warm up, heat up

2

«ánimos/ambiente»: se estaban empezando a caldear los ánimos tempers were beginning to fray, things were beginning to get heated, people were beginning to get hot under the collar

se caldeó el ambiente feelings started to run high, things became heated

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caldear (conjugate caldear) verbo transitivo ‹habitación/local› to heat, heat … up
caldearse verbo pronominal

a) [habitación/local] to warm up, heat up

b) (enardecerse):

◊ se estaban empezando a caldear los ánimos feelings started to run high

caldear verbo transitivo to heat up

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caldear

♦ vt

1. [calentar] to heat (up)

2. [excitar] to warm up, to liven up;

las declaraciones del presidente caldearon el ambiente the president's statements really stirred things up

♦ See also the pronominal verb caldearse

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caldear

v/t

1 warm up

2 ánimos inflame

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caldear vt

: to heat, to warm

♦ See also the reflexive verb caldearse