frialdad

Spanish

Etymology

From frío +‎ -dad, possibly influenced by fealdad or alternatively a phonetic evolution of Latin frīgiditātem, through a hypothetical early Ibero-Romance or Proto-Spanish intermediate form *friyeddade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾjalˈdad/ [fɾjal̪ˈd̪að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: frial‧dad

Noun

frialdad f (plural frialdades)

1. frigidity, coldness

   Synonym: frigidez

Related terms

• frior

 

Further reading

• “frialdad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10