Calurosos

Calurosos is the masculine plural form of the Spanish adjective caluroso. It agrees with masculine plural nouns and is used to express heat or warmth in multiple contexts. Common uses include weather and climate, as in días calurosos or un verano caluroso, as well as environments or atmospheres that are hot or stuffy, such as un ambiente caluroso or una habitación calurosa. The term can also describe a climate or season characterized by high temperatures.

Calurosos can also appear in figurative expressions indicating warmth of reception or enthusiasm. For example, un recibimiento caluroso or un público caluroso conveys a warm, cordial, or energetic response. In reference to people’s dispositions, caluroso is less common than cálido; caluroso is typically reserved for heat or for highly intense warmth, and may be used to emphasize a strong emotional or physical heat rather than a gentle friendliness.

Origin and grammar: calurosos derives from calor (heat) with the suffix -oso. Related forms include caluroso (masculine singular) and calurosa (feminine singular). The feminine plural is calurosas. The word is part of a broader family that contrasts literal heat with metaphorical warmth, and it is often superseded by cálido when describing people or more nuanced warmth.

See also: Calor, cálido, calidez.