calenté

Calentó is the third-person singular preterite form of the Spanish verb calentar, meaning to heat or to warm. It is used to describe a completed action in the past, referring to he heated something or she heated something (usted). The corresponding forms are calenté, calentaste, calentó, calentamos, calentasteis, calentaron.

In usage, calentó typically appears with a direct object: for example, "Él calentó la sopa en el microondas" (He heated the soup in the microwave). Intransitive use with se expresses a change of state, such as "La sopa se calentó" (The soup warmed up) or "La habitación se calentó con la estufa" (The room heated up with the stove). The reflexive form "calentarse" is common when describing a process of warming up or becoming hot, and it is also used figuratively, as in "la discusión se calentó" (the discussion heated up).

Etymology and related forms: calentar comes from Latin calēre, meaning to be warm, and shares its root with the adjective caliente. The noun calentamiento denotes an act or process of warming up, while calentón can refer to a moment of heightened heat or intensity in colloquial contexts.

See also: calentar; calor; caliente; calentamiento.