calentar

Senses

1. 1.

   to heat

   to raise the temperature of something

2. 2.

   to warm up

   to prepare physically or mentally before activity

3. 3.

   to get hot / to heat up

   to become heated or to generate heat

4. 4.

   to make angry / to stir up

   to provoke or irritate someone

Examples

• "Calienta el agua para el té."

  Heat the water for the tea.

• "Los jugadores se calientan antes del partido."

  The players warm up before the match.

• "La discusión se empezó a calentar."

  The discussion began to heat up.

Usage

Common transitive and reflexive verb. In sports, *calentarse* means to warm up or stretch. Figuratively, *calentar* can mean to provoke or irritate someone (often *calentar a alguien*). The preterite stem is irregular: *calenté, calentaste*, etc.