ser y estar difference

Question

can you explain some differences to me-- calor y caliente. Also the easiest way to distinguish when to use estar and ser. Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi and welcome to the forum!

We have some great lessons here at SpanishDict under the "More" tab (click on Reference).

Here is the lesson on Ser vs. Estar.

¡Buena suerte!

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Hace calor = It's warm outside (weather)

Tengo calor = I am warm (feeling)

La sopa está caliente = The soup is hot (temperature)

La sopa está picante = The soup is hot (spicy)

Thanks for this Mariana. Sometime I can read, read and read , But it never sticks. And when I see the word used then somehow it will be just what I needed to understand the word. - Cindy_Lou, May 20, 2011

Answer 2

Hello and welcome to SD!

See here and here

calor noun

caliente adjective

Answer 3

"Calor" means literally "heat", related to calorific and cauldron. In Spanish we say "I have heat" for "I am hot" and "Makes heat" for "It is hot".

"Caliente" is an adjective that means hot. "It is hot" cannot be said in Spain for the weather, because we have no such "it", and "I am hot" is not normally used unless you've got fever (in Spain it also means "I am horny")