The Future Tense of calentar is used to express actions that will take place in the future. For example, Calentaré la comida. (I will heat up the food.)

Calentar is a regular -ar verb, so its Future Tense conjugations follow the typical pattern for this verb type.

Conjugations

Conjugations of Calentar (to heat) in the Future Tense tense (Latin American Spanish):

Calentar generally means to heat or warm something up, but has several different meanings in the Future Tense, some of which might surprise you.

To heat or warm up: for example, Calentaré la comida en el microondas. (I will heat up the food in the microwave.)

To excite or arouse (slang): for example, La película que veremos esta noche me calentará. (The movie we’ll watch tonight will turn me on.)

To annoy or bother (colloquial): for example, No me calentarás con tus quejas. (You won’t bother me with your complaints.)

To intensify or heat up (figurative): for example, El debate político se calentará antes de las elecciones. (The political debate will heat up before the elections.)

To warm up (sports): for example, Los jugadores calentarán antes del partido. (The players will warm up before the game.)

Examples

Examples of Calentar in the Future Tense

Mañana calentaré la comida antes de que llegues a casa. (Tomorrow I will heat up the food before you get home.)

¿Calentarás las tortillas en el comal o en el microondas? (Will you heat up the tortillas on the comal or in the microwave?)

El técnico calentará el horno antes de hornear el pan. (The technician will heat up the oven before baking the bread.)

Nosotros calentaremos la piscina para nadar en la noche. (We will heat up the pool to swim at night.)

Ellos calentarán la cera para hacer las velas decorativas. (They will heat up the wax to make decorative candles.)

Después del invierno, calentaremos la casa con la chimenea. (After winter, we will heat up the house with the fireplace.)

Para la fiesta, calentarán el horno de leña para hacer pizzas. (For the party, they will heat up the wood-fired oven to make pizzas.)

Antes de salir, calentaré el carro para que no esté frío. (Before leaving, I will heat up the car so it’s not cold.)

¿Calentarás las toallas en la secadora para cuando salga de bañarme? (Will you heat up the towels in the dryer for when I get out of the shower?)

La peluquera calentará las tenazas para rizar mi cabello. (The hairdresser will heat up the curling irons to curl my hair.)

Mis amigos y yo calentaremos la sauna antes de relajarnos. (My friends and I will heat up the sauna before relaxing.)

Los panaderos calentarán el horno de ladrillo para hacer pan artesanal. (The bakers will heat up the brick oven to make artisanal bread.)

Antes de la cena, calentaré los platos en el horno para que no se enfríe la comida. (Before dinner, I will heat up the plates in the oven so the food doesn’t get cold.)

¿Calentarás las mantas eléctricas para cuando veamos la película? (Will you heat up the electric blankets for when we watch the movie?)

Los masajistas calentarán las piedras volcánicas para los masajes de cuerpo completo. (The masseurs will heat up the volcanic stones for the full body massages.)

Conjugations with English Translations

Conjugations of Calentar (to heat) in the Future Tense tense (Latin American Spanish) with English Translations:

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Synonyms

The Future tense is also known as the Simple Future, Future Simple, Future Tense, Future Indicative, or Will Future in English, and as Futuro Simple, Futuro Imperfecto, Tiempo Futuro, Futuro de Indicativo, or Indicativo Futuro in Spanish.