🇬🇧🇪🇸 heat - calentar : English Lesson

Meaning of "heat" ("calentar"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

To heat means to make something warm or hot, or for something to become warm or hot. You can heat soup on the stove, heat your hands by a fire, or feel the air heat up on a sunny day. When you heat something, the temperature goes up and it feels warmer to touch.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

When the sun heats the playground slide, it turns into a super‑hot butt‑burning slide of doom.

The lizard sat under his lamp to heat his tummy, looking like a tiny sunbathing dragon on vacation.

I left my crayons in the car, and the sun heated them into one giant rainbow sausage.

I held my sandwich over the campfire to heat it and invented a new dish: ‘Crispy Ash Burger.’

The dragon didn’t need a stove to heat his tea; he just sneezed on it and boiled it instantly.

Cold wind. I heat milk on the small pan. I heat the cup with hot water. I heat milk again and I heat it more, then pour milk into the cup. We heat our hands on the cup and sip. The dog sits close. We smile and feel warm now.

This word is at the A2 level, which means it’s useful for simple, everyday situations. You might use it when shopping, traveling, or talking about your hobbies. Words at this level help you build confidence in practical, routine conversations.

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