Usage Note
Cálido describes a pleasantly warm temperature or an emotionally warm quality (una bienvenida cálida, 'a warm welcome'), and is preferred over caliente when the warmth is gentle or figurative. Caliente tends to mean 'hot' or physically heated. In weather contexts, cálido implies a comfortable warmth rather than intense heat. The adverb is cálidamente.
Examples
"El verano es cálido en esta región."
Natural Translation
The summer is warm in this region.
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