friúra

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese friura (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from frío (“cold”) +‎ -ura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɾiˈuɾɐ]

Noun

friúra f (plural friúras)

1. coldness; cold, dampness

   Synonyms: frialdade, frieza, frior

   • c. 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 66:

     ...et non ande fora ao aar, mays este en casa cuberto de boõa cuberta, porque se descuberto andare fora, por rrazon da friura, poderia adoeçer

     ...and [the old horse] should not go outside in the open air, but stay at home covered with enough cover, because if he happens to go outside uncovered, because of the coldness, he can get sick

Related terms

• frío

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “friura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “friura”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “friúra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “friúra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “friúra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN