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caliente

caliente is Spanish for hot.

What caliente means

adj. · #293

hot

Example: Cuidado, el plato está caliente.

Careful, the plate is hot.

How common is it?

caliente is ranked #293 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It sits in the second half of the list: still everyday vocabulary, but you will meet it less often than the first two hundred.

Nearby on the frequency list

Words with a similar frequency to caliente — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.

• viejo — old
• fuerte — strong
• débil — weak
• frío — cold
• caro — expensive
• barato — cheap

See all 500 most common Spanish words

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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22