quente
neutral, Brazil
The Brazilian Portuguese word for "hot" is quente, used for things like coffee or water. For the weather, Brazilians say Está calor, and for how you feel, Estou com calor.
Meaning: high in temperature (adjective)
Ways to say it
| Portuguese | Note |
|---|---|
| quente | neutral, Brazil |
| Está calor | weather, Brazil |
| Estou com calor | feeling |
Quente describes objects and food: café quente, água quente. It is the opposite of frio.
Which one should you use?
Quente also appears in Cuidado, está quente!, a warning that something could burn you.
How does it change in a sentence?
For weather and body feeling Portuguese uses the noun calor ("heat") rather than an adjective. You say Está calor, not Está quente, to mean "it is hot today". Saying Estou quente is not how people say they feel hot.
Did you know?
- Brazilians say Está um calor de rachar, roughly "it is a scorching heat", for very hot days.
Examples in context
- O café está quente.The coffee is hot.
- Hoje está muito calor.It is very hot today.
- Estou com calor, vou abrir a janela.I am hot, I will open the window.
Example conversation
Bia and her brother Caio talk in the kitchen on a summer afternoon in Rio de Janeiro.
- BiaNossa, que calor!Wow, it is so hot!
- CaioQuer água gelada?Do you want cold water?
- BiaQuero, estou com calor.Yes, I am hot.
