frio

See also: frío

Ladino

Alternative forms

• friyo

Etymology

From Old Spanish frio, from Latin frīgidus (“cold”).

Adjective

frio

1. cold

   Synonym: yelado

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *frios > *friāō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰriH-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfri.oː/, [ˈfrioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfri.o/, [ˈfriːo]

Verb

friō (present infinitive friāre, perfect active friāvī, supine friātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to crumble, rub, or break into pieces

Conjugation

   Conjugation of friō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	friō		friās		friat		friāmus		friātis		friant
	imperfect	friābam		friābās		friābat		friābāmus		friābātis		friābant
	future	friābō		friābis		friābit		friābimus		friābitis		friābunt
	perfect	friāvī		friāvistī		friāvit		friāvimus		friāvistis		friāvērunt, friāvēre
	pluperfect	friāveram		friāverās		friāverat		friāverāmus		friāverātis		friāverant
	future perfect	friāverō		friāveris		friāverit		friāverimus		friāveritis		friāverint
passive	present	frior		friāris, friāre		friātur		friāmur		friāminī		friantur
	imperfect	friābar		friābāris, friābāre		friābātur		friābāmur		friābāminī		friābantur
	future	friābor		friāberis, friābere		friābitur		friābimur		friābiminī		friābuntur
	perfect	friātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	friātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	friātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	friem		friēs		friet		friēmus		friētis		frient
	imperfect	friārem		friārēs		friāret		friārēmus		friārētis		friārent
	perfect	friāverim		friāverīs		friāverit		friāverīmus		friāverītis		friāverint
	pluperfect	friāvissem		friāvissēs		friāvisset		friāvissēmus		friāvissētis		friāvissent
passive	present	frier		friēris, friēre		friētur		friēmur		friēminī		frientur
	imperfect	friārer		friārēris, friārēre		friārētur		friārēmur		friārēminī		friārentur
	perfect	friātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	friātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		friā		—		—		friāte		—
	future	—		friātō		friātō		—		friātōte		friantō
passive	present	—		friāre		—		—		friāminī		—
	future	—		friātor		friātor		—		—		friantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		friāre			friārī			friāns			—
future		friātūrum esse			friātum īrī			friātūrus			friandus
perfect		friāvisse			friātum esse			—			friātus
future perfect		—			friātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		friātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		friandī		friandō		friandum		friandō		friātum		friātū

Derived terms

• friābilis
• fricō

Related terms

• frivolus

References

• “frio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• frio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 166
• Palmer, L.R. (1906) The Latin Language, London, Faber and Faber

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin frīgidum (“cold”).

Pronunciation

• (Galicia) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾi.o/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾi.ʊ/
• Rhymes: -io

Adjective

frio (plural frios, feminine fria, feminine plural frias)

1. cold

Noun

frio m (plural frios)

1. cold

Descendants

• Galician: frío
• Portuguese: frio

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese frio, from Latin frīgidus (“cold”), from frīgeō (“to be cold”), from frigus (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *sriHgos-, *sriges-, *sriHges-. Compare Galician and Spanish frío, Asturian fríu, Catalan fred, Italian freddo. Doublet of frígido.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾi.u/, /ˈfɾiw/ [ˈfɾiʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾi.u/

• (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈfɾiw]

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• Hyphenation: fri‧o

Adjective

frio (feminine fria, masculine plural frios, feminine plural frias, comparable, comparative mais frio, superlative o mais frio or friíssimo or frigidíssimo, diminutive friozinho or friinho)

1. cold
   1. having low temperatures; cool
   2. (figuratively) insensitive

Noun

frio m (uncountable)

1. cold
2. coldness

Related terms

• esfriar
• friagem
• frialdade
• frigidez
• frígido
• friorento

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: friu
• Kabuverdianu: friu
• Papiamentu: friu

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾjo/ [ˈfɾjo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: frio

Verb

frio

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of freír