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calentó

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

Etymology and related forms: calentar comes from Latin calēre, meaning to be warm, and shares its root

See also: calentar; calor; caliente; calentamiento.

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).
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.