cálido

See also: calido

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.li.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.li.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.li.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.li.du/ [ˈka.li.ðu]

• Hyphenation: cá‧li‧do

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin calidus (“warm, hot”). Compare the inherited doublet caldo.

Adjective

cálido (feminine cálida, masculine plural cálidos, feminine plural cálidas)

1. warm

   Synonyms: morno, quente

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin callidus (“wise, clever, cunning”).

Adjective

cálido (feminine cálida, masculine plural cálidos, feminine plural cálidas)

1. (figurative) sagacious, astute, perspicacious

   Synonyms: sagaz, perspicaz, astuto

2. (figurative) passionate, ardent

   Synonyms: apaixonado, ardente, veemente

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calidus (“warm, hot”). Compare the doublet caldo. Cognate with English calid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalido/ [ˈka.li.ð̞o]

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• Rhymes: -alido
• Syllabification: cá‧li‧do

Adjective

cálido (feminine cálida, masculine plural cálidos, feminine plural cálidas)

1. warm

   Synonym: caliente

Derived terms

• frente cálido

 

Further reading

• “cálido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014