hot
adj.adj. having a high temperature, like a sunny day or a cup of coffee. You also use it to describe food that tastes spicy or something that is very popular right now.
adj. having a high temperature; producing a sensation of heat. Also used to describe spicy flavours or items currently enjoying high popularity or demand.
The soup is too hot to eat right now.
The weather was so hot that we decided to stay inside with the air conditioning.
While the primary sense refers to thermal energy, the term frequently describes high-intensity situations, such as a hot debate or a market where assets are being traded rapidly.
From Middle English hot, hat, from Old English hāt (“hot”), from Proto-West Germanic hait, from Proto-Germanic haitaz (“hot”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“hot; to heat”). Cognate with Scots hate, hait (“hot”), North Frisian hiet (“hot”), Saterland Frisian heet (“hot”), West Frisian hjit (“hot”), Dutch heet (“hot”), German Low German heet (“hot”), German heiß (“hot”), Danish hed (“hot”), Swedish het (“hot”), Icelandic heitur (“hot”). Superseded non-native Middle English chaud, from Old French chaut (“hot”); and early Modern English calent, from Latin calēns (“hot”).
Gradable adjective; can be used with intensifiers like 'very' or 'extremely'.
I have hotI am hotLearners often translate from languages where physical sensations use 'have' instead of 'be'.