- candente
- adj.1 red-hot (incandescente).2 highly topical (actual).de candente actualidad highly topicaltema candente burning issue3 white-hot, candescent, red-hot, smoldering.* * *candente► adjetivo1 (enrojecido por el fuego) incandescent, red-hot; (blanqueado por el fuego) candescent, white-hot2 figurado (cuestión, tema) burning, pressing* * *adj.live* * *ADJ1) [metal] (=rojo) red-hot; (=blanco) white-hot2) [cuestión] burning
un tema de candente actualidad — a red-hot issue, a subject that everyone is talking about
* * *adjetivoa) <hierro> red-hotb) <tema> burning; actualidad* * *adjetivoa) <hierro> red-hotb) <tema> burning; actualidad* * *candente11 = hot [hotter -comp., hottest -sup.].Ex: Preferred word forms will also be noted: 'heat' may be preferred to 'hot'.
candente22 = hot [hotter -comp., hottest -sup.].Ex: But searching an Internet database through hot new technique such as Wide Area Information Servers is vastly different from using the BITNET protocols to rummage through files on one of its server computers.
* asunto candente = hot potato, hot topic, hot issue.* tema candente = hot potato.* * *candenteadjective1 ‹hierro› red-hot2 ‹tema› burning actualidad* * *
candente adjetivoa) ‹hierro› red-hotb) ‹tema› burning
candente adjetivo
1 (un hierro, vidrio, etc) red-hot
2 (polémico, de interés) burning
'candente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
expeler
English:
burning
- red-hot
- white-hot
- brand
- live
* * *candente adj1. [incandescente] red-hot2. [actual] highly topical;de candente actualidad highly topical;un tema candente a burning issue;un problema candente an urgent o a pressing problem* * *candenteadj1 red-hot2 tema topical* * *candente adj: red-hot
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.