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heat1

/hiːt/

Translation

n [u]
calor
This heat exhausts me
Este calor me agota
US (UK/US tb heating)
calefacción
n [c]
(en una competición)
eliminatoria
{at/on/over} a low heat
a fuego lento
in the heat of the moment
en caliente
to say something in the heat of the moment
Decir algo en caliente
to be on heat (un animal hembra)
estar en celo
Véase tb: dead heat
(Definition of heat nn from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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