calentarverb
Calentar means to heat or to warm up in English. It is a verb, and you will see it as calienta, calentando and calentamos.
- to heat
- to warm up
Estoy calentando la pieza.
I am heating the room.
¿Podrías calentar este plato?
Could you heat this dish?
Ella está calentando el agua.
She's heating the water.
Ella se calentó cerca del fuego.
She warmed herself by the fire.
Common forms
| Form | Reading | Tense |
|---|---|---|
| calienta | he, she, it | Present |
| calentando | Gerund | |
| calentamos | we | Present or preterite |
| calientan | they | Present |
| calentado | masculine singular | Past participle |
| calentaba | he, she, it | Imperfect |
| calentó | he, she, it | Preterite |
| calentará | he, she, it | Future |
| calentaban | they | Imperfect |
| calienten | they | Present subjunctive |
| calentaron | they | Preterite |