frio

See also: frío

Alternative forms

friyo

Etymology

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

Adjective

frio (Latin spelling)

cold
Synonym: yelado

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *frios > *friāō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰriH-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (“to cut”).^[1]

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

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

Conjugation

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indicative		singular			plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	friā	—	—	friāte	—
active	future	—	friātō	friātō	—	friātōte	friantō
passive	present	—	friāre	—	—	friāminī	—
passive	future	—	friātor	friātor	—	—	friantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		friāre	friāvisse	friātūrum esse	friārī	friātum esse	friātum īrī
participles		friāns	—	friātūrus	—	friātus	friandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		friandī	friandō	friandum	friandō	friātum	friātū

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Conjugation of friō (first conjugation)

Derived terms

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

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De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 243-4

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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)

cold

Noun

frio m (plural frios)

cold

Descendants

Galician: frío
Portuguese: frio

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)

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

Noun

frio m (uncountable)

Related terms

Descendants

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

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

frio

third-person singular preterite indicative of freír

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De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 243-4

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