caldejar

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *caldidiāre, derived from Latin caldus (hot). By surface analysis, cald + -ejar.

Pronunciation

Verb

caldejar (first-person singular present caldejo, first-person singular preterite caldegí, past participle caldejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to heat up, to warm up (to cause to become hotter)
  2. to heat up (to become more exciting or intense)
    • 2017 January 4, “A bufetades per l'herència de Muhammad Ali”, in El Periódico:
      Així de caldejat està l'ambient entre els hereus de l'històric púgil, que va morir el 3 de juny del 2016.
      That's how heated the environment is among the heirs of the historic boxer, who died on June 3, 2016.

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