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rovente

scorching, red-hot

adjective roh-VEN-teh Rare

Also means

burning hot

Usage Note

Rovente describes something heated to an extreme degree — a red-hot iron, a scorching desert, blazing summer asphalt. It is stronger than caldo ('warm/hot') and close to incandescente. Figuratively it can describe a heated argument: un dibattito rovente.

Examples

"Il ferro rovente sibilò a contatto con l'acqua."

Natural Translation

The red-hot iron hissed on contact with water.

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