hot
UK: /hɒt/ US: /hɑːt/Translation
adj
› [comp hotter, superl hottest]
⇨ caliente
Don't touch the pot; it's hot No toques la olla; está caliente
■ Hace referencia a una temperatura muy alta y desagradable. Comparar con warm› (una comida)
⇨ picante
› (inform)
⇨ atractivo,va
⇨ cañón col.
a hot {issue/topic}
⇨ un {tema/asunto} a la orden del día
hot air (inform)
⇨ falsas promesas
⇨ palabras vacías
to be hot
⇨ tener calor
Aren't you hot? ¿No tienes calor?
⇨ hacer calor
It's very hot in here Hace mucho calor aquí
to be hot stuff
⇨ ser muy bueno,na [en algo]
⇨ ser un hacha col.
⇨ estar cañón
⇨ estar como un tren col.
to be in the hot seat (inform)
⇨ dar la cara col.
She found herself in the hot seat Tuvo que dar la cara
to have the hots for sb
⇨ colarse por alguien col.
(Definition of hot adj from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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