My soup is getting cold: Temperature transformations

Question

¡Hola a todos!

I was brushing up on the "Hot, Warm" section in "Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish" today, and while I was reading about the different temperature states the author explains I realized that I was not sure how to describe one state transforming into another. For example:

"The soup is getting cold."

Do I use hacerse or vovlerse in this case? (e.g. El sopa se hace frío)

How would I describe a cold drink that is getting warm? For example:

"Hey Frank! That beer is going to get warm."

Would it be something like:

¡Oye Frank! Esa cerveza va a hacerse caliente.

Or am I thinking too literally and it is more like:

Esa cerveza va a hacerse al tiempo

:-) - 0095ca4c, Dec 7, 2013

Answer 1

• La sopa se está poniendo fria.
• La sopa se está enfriando.

• La sopa se enfria.

• Hey Frank, esa cerveza se está poniendo al tiempo / esa cerveza se está calentando / esa cerveza se está altiempando...

[Altiempando es un modismo] pero es muy común escucharlo.

Thanks for the new word! - 0095ca4c, Dec 7, 2013

:) - 007e54d7, Dec 15, 2013

Answer 2

Esta cerveza ya no está fria. Tírala y agarra otra.

¡Hola! I'm a native spanish speaker, I will help you to practice if you want search me in Skype as: Jennydmoon (; - jennydmoon, Dec 7, 2013