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caliente
hot
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Something with a high temperature
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Caliente means hot and is calor0 turned into an adjective.
caliente
hot, warm (temperature)
Something that is physically hot, as in temperature.
El café está muy caliente para tomarlo ahoraThe coffee is too hot to drink right now
Esta cobija de lana es muy calienteThis wool blanket is very warm
heated, turbulent (tense situation)
A tense situation, one in which tempers are running hot and things might boil over.
La discusión se puso caliente muy rápidoThe argument got heated very quickly
El país vivía un momento político calienteThe country was going through a turbulent political moment
mad, angry (colloquial, Latin America)
An angry person, like how someone can get heated during an argument.
Mi hermana está caliente porque llegamos tardeMy sister is mad because we arrived late
No le hables ahora, sigue caliente por lo de ayerDon't talk to him now, he's still angry about yesterday
turned on, horny (colloquial, vulgar)
Sexual arousal, like how someone can be hot and bothered.
Se puso caliente con solo verlaHe got turned on just from seeing her
Estaba caliente y no podía pensar en otra cosaShe was horny and couldn't think about anything else