calentón

Spanish

Etymology

From caliente +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kalenˈton/ [ka.lẽn̪ˈt̪õn]
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: ca‧len‧tón

Adjective

calentón (feminine calentona, masculine plural calentones, feminine plural calentonas)

(colloquial) horny
Synonyms: jodontón, cachondo, arrecho
(colloquial) quick-tempered (easily or quickly angered or frustrated)
Synonym: corajudo

Noun

calentón m (plural calentones)

(colloquial) blast of heat
(colloquial) horniness (the state, quality, or extent of being horny or sexually excited)
Synonym: calentura
(Mexico, regional) heater (device that produces and radiates heat)
Synonyms: calefactor, calentador

Further reading

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

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