Caldo
ADJECTIVE / NOUN [masculine]
Meaning and English translation 🔖
ADJECTIVE
Hot, Warm
🇬🇧 Having a temperature higher than normal or higher than that of another object with which it is compared.
🇮🇹 Che ha una temperatura superiore a quella normale o a quella di un altro oggetto con cui si confronta.
NOUN
Heat
🇬🇧 High temperature, particularly of the air or an environment.
🇮🇹 Alta temperatura, in particolare dell'aria o di un ambiente.
| Masculine ♂️ | Feminine ♀️ | |
|---|---|---|
| Singular | il - un caldo | la - una calda |
| Plural | i - dei caldi | le - delle calde |
Example sentences 💬
L'estate è particolarmente calda quest'anno.
The summer is particularly hot this year.
Mi piace bere il tè caldo al mattino.
I like to drink hot tea in the morning.
Il caldo danneggia le batterie e ne diminuisce l’efficacia.
Heat damages batteries and decreases their effectiveness.
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Idioms with caldo 🇮🇹
Fare caldo
→ To be hot (weather)
Oggi fa molto caldo, meglio restare all'ombra.
It's very hot today, better to stay in the shade.
A caldo
→ In the heat of the moment
Ha preso una decisione a caldo che poi ha rimpianto.
She made a decision in the heat of the moment that she later regretted.
Al caldo / Al calduccio
→ In the warmth
In inverno, preferiamo stare al caldo in casa.
In winter, we prefer to stay in the warmth at home.
Tenere, mettere in caldo
→ To keep warm
Metti il piatto in caldo finché non arriviamo tutti a tavola.
Keep the dish warm until we all get to the table.
Battere il ferro finché è caldo
→ To strike while the iron is hot
Dobbiamo battere il ferro finché è caldo e concludere l'affare ora.
We must strike while the iron is hot and close the deal now.
Non fare né caldo né freddo
→ To leave someone cold
La sua opinione non mi fa né caldo né freddo.
His opinion leaves me cold.
Scoprire l'acqua calda
→ To discover America
E quindi mangiare sano fa bene alla salute? Wow, hai scoperto l'acqua calda!
So eating healthy is good for your health? Wow, you've discovered America!
Testa calda
→ Hothead
Attenzione a Marco: è una testa calda e si arrabbia facilmente.
Be careful with Marco: he's a hothead and gets angry easily.
Where does the word caldo come from? 🔎
Caldo comes from the Latin calidus, meaning "hot, burning".
Did you know that... 🤓
Impress your italian friends with curious facts about Italy and its culture
A dog in the sky announces the summer heat.
Dear friends, today we're taking a journey to discover a word that makes Italians tremble every summer: la canicola (the dog days).
Imagine yourself in a typical Italian square on an August afternoon like today. The sun shines relentlessly, the air is still and heavy. The locals seek shelter in the shade, fanning themselves and wiping their foreheads.
"What a canicola!" they exclaim.
But where does this mysterious word come from?
To find out, we need to leap back in time, to ancient Rome. Our ancestors, great observers of the sky, noticed a particular star.
It shone intensely in the constellation of Canis Major (the Great Dog). They called it Sirius, but also canicula, which means "little dog" in Latin.
These ancient astronomers made a surprising discovery. When Sirius appeared in the sky at dawn, the hottest period of the year began.
It was as if this star brought the sultriness and intense heat of the Mediterranean summer. Over the centuries, the word canicola has continued its journey through Italian language and culture. Today, it no longer indicates just an astronomical phenomenon, but describes those scorching days of July and August.
