hielo

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish hielo, from earlier yelo, from Latin gelū, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝelo/, [ˈʝ͡ʝe.lo]
• Hyphenation: hie‧lo

Noun

hielo

1. ice

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝelo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.lo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝelo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.lo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃelo/ [ˈʃe.lo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒelo/ [ˈʒe.lo]

• Rhymes: -elo

Etymology 1

From earlier yelo, from Latin gelū, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). Compare English gel.

Noun

hielo m (plural hielos)

1. ice

Derived terms

• banco de hielo
• barrera de hielo
• bolsa de hielo
• calota de hielo
• campo de hielo
• capa de hielo
• cubo de hielo
• danza sobre hielo
• helero
• hielera
• hielo marino
• hielo seco
• hockey sobre hielo
• meseta de hielo
• pista de hielo
• plataforma de hielo flotante
• presa de hielo
• punzón de hielo
• rompehielos
• romper el hielo
• témpano de hielo

 

Related terms

• helar

 

Descendants

• Chavacano: hielo
• → Cebuano: yelo
• → Hiligaynon: yelo
• → Kapampangan: yelu
• → Tagalog: yelo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hielo

1. first-person singular present indicative of helar

Further reading

• “hielo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Anagrams

• helio