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"Warming cup of tea?"

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how do you say a warming cup of tea??

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updated Jun 6, 2010
edited by --Mariana--
posted by tyler123456789
cálido(a) - 00813f2a, Jun 6, 2010
meaning, to warm you up??? - 00813f2a, Jun 6, 2010

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Una calda taza de té.

If you mean to warm you up, then: Una cálida taza de té.

updated Jun 6, 2010
edited by 00813f2a
posted by 00813f2a
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"A warming cup of tea" is using an English Gerund as an adjective.

I don't think you can do this in Spanish.

Try - a cup of tea that warms. una taza de té que calienta (maybe)

updated Jun 6, 2010
edited by ian-hill
posted by ian-hill
Ian, could be " Una taza de té hirviendo"? - melipiru, Jun 6, 2010
hirviendo = boiling - That is not what the questioner was asking meli - ian-hill, Jun 6, 2010
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"A warming cup of tea" is an English English saying/idiom. It does not mean "warming up a cup of tea". This appears to invalidate almost all the answers above.

"Una taza de té que te caliente" is as near as I can get at the moment.

updated Jun 6, 2010
posted by geofc
Some things just don't translate the same do they but this has got to be it. - margaretbl, Jun 6, 2010
Phrasebook material Margaret? Go for it. - geofc, Jun 6, 2010
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cálido, -da adj.

adj. Que da calor, porque está caliente o porque excita ardor en el organismo animal.

El adj. cálido es voz culta por su origen y empleo. Por esto se siente como más selecta y menos intensa; entre un clima cálido y un clima caluroso no hay más diferencia que la mayor distinción y menor intensidad del primer vocablo. A un orador puede premiársele con aplausos cálidos o calurosos, pero no calientes, porque caliente tiene un sentido más material y que se presta menos a las acepciones figuradas. En cambio, no se pediría agua cálida ni calurosa para afeitarse, sino caliente.

(pero si se puede pedir agua tibia)

updated Jun 6, 2010
edited by 00813f2a
posted by 00813f2a
Muy interesante. Gracias por compartirlo. - Delores--Lindsey, Jun 6, 2010
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Hi and welcome to the forum.

"Calentar" is the verb you want.

"Caliento una taza de té" = I warm up a cup of tea.

updated Jun 6, 2010
posted by --Mariana--
Nada que ver Marianne - the tea warms the person, not the person the tea. - geofc, Jun 6, 2010
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Just a thought: would "calentador" maybe work? Is that even a word? "Una taza de te calentador" ??????

updated Jun 6, 2010
posted by Valerie
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Also to answer using an "ing" verb you can say,

"Estoy calentando una taza de té."

updated Jun 6, 2010
posted by HavingFun
See my comment on Marianne's answer - geofc, Jun 6, 2010
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The question proposes a noun but many of the answers suggest a verb. I am just wondering if there is a noun equivalent?

updated Jun 6, 2010
posted by Eddy
cálido = warm - 00813f2a, Jun 6, 2010
as in a warm feeling of love = un sentimiento cálido de amor - 00813f2a, Jun 6, 2010
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If you meant a warm cup of tea.

Una taza de té tibio.

updated Jun 6, 2010
posted by 00a52084