heat up

calentar

Hacer que algo esté más caliente.

En inglés sencillo: To make something warmer or hot.

• Heat up the soup.
• I heated the leftovers up in the microwave.
• Can you heat up some water for tea?

Cómo se usa: heat something up (Heat the milk up gently.)

Sinónimos: heat, warm up

Antónimos: cool

Expresiones frecuentes: heat up soup, heat up something

intensificarse, caldearse

Volverse más activo, emocionante o difícil al aumentar las emociones o la rivalidad.

En inglés sencillo: To become more active, exciting, or difficult as feelings or competition grow stronger.

• The race is heating up.
• The debate heated up after his speech.
• Competition will heat up as more companies enter the market.

Sinónimos: intensify, hot up

Antónimos: ease

Expresiones frecuentes: heat up quickly, heat up again

enfadar, irritar

Hacer que alguien se enfade o se irrite.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone angry or annoyed.

• His rude reply heated me up.
• The repeated delays had heated everyone up.
• Why does that small mistake heat you up so much?

Cómo se usa: heat someone up (Those unfair accusations really heated him up.)

Sinónimos: anger, annoy, infuriate

Antónimos: calm

Expresiones frecuentes: heat up someone, heat someone up