🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Calor

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ka-lor

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Heat/hiːt/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El calor del sol puede ser intenso en verano."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality of being hot; high temperature.

    "The heat from the sun can be intense during summer."
As verb
  1. 1

    To make something warm or hot.

    "Please heat the soup before serving."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'heat' originates from the Old English 'hætu', which is related to the Proto-Germanic '*haitho' and the Proto-Indo-European root '*kwet-' meaning 'to be warm'. Over time, its meaning has evolved to encompass both the physical sensation of warmth and the energy associated with temperature.

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