el
masculine
/kalentaˈmjento/
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Translation
warming, warm-up
Word origin
From calentar ('to heat, warm'), from Latin calens, present participle of calere ('to be warm'), plus the noun suffix -miento.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- calere
- English cognates
- calorie, cauldron
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralcalentamientos
Examples
global científicos.
Global warming worries scientists.
.
Before running I do a ten-minute warm-up.
.
The coach led the team's warm-up.
tarda .
The warming of the water takes a few minutes.
¿ ?
Did you do the warm-up before the match?
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