friorento

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• friento (colloquial, proscribed)
• friolento

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *frigorentus. Compare Spanish friolento.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾi.oˈɾẽ.tu/ [fɾɪ.oˈɾẽ.tu], (faster pronunciation) /fɾjoˈɾẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾi.oˈɾẽ.tu/ [fɾɪ.oˈɾẽ.tu], (faster pronunciation) /fɾjoˈɾẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾi.oˈɾẽ.to/ [fɾɪ.oˈɾẽ.to], (faster pronunciation) /fɾjoˈɾẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾi.uˈɾẽ.tu/, (faster pronunciation) /fɾjuˈɾẽ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: fri‧o‧ren‧to

Adjective

friorento (feminine friorenta, masculine plural friorentos, feminine plural friorentas)

1. cold (of the weather)
2. shivery; nesh (of a person: susceptible to cold weather)

Antonyms

• calorento

Related terms

• frio