hot up

• Verbo frasal que significa volverse más emocionante, intenso o activo, o calentar algo.

A phrasal verb meaning to become more exciting, intense, or active, or to heat something.

incontable · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Become more exciting or intenseinformalbritish

   To increase in intensity, excitement, or activity.

   intensificarse

   • The competition really hotted up in the final round.
   • The party started to hot up after midnight.
   • The political debate hotted up as the election approached.

   Sinónimosaccelerateescalateheat upheightenintensifyliven uppick up

   Antónimoscalmcoolsubside

2. Become hotterinformalbritish

   To increase in temperature.

   Calentarse

   • The weather is expected to hot up later this week.
   • The engine hotted up after a long drive.
   • The oven hotted up quickly when we turned it on.

   Sinónimosheatheat upwarmwarm up

   Antónimoschillcoolcool down