frígido

See also: frigido

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frīgidus, from frīgus (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *sriges-, *sriHges-. Compare the inherited doublet frio.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾi.ʒi.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾi.ʒi.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾi.ʒi.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾi.ʒi.du/ [ˈfɾi.ʒi.ðu]

Adjective

frígido (feminine frígida, masculine plural frígidos, feminine plural frígidas)

1. cold; frigid (having a low temperature)

   Synonyms: frio, gelado

2. cold (emotionally distant or unfeeling)

   Synonym: frio

3. frigid (sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frīgidus, from frīgō (“to be cold”), from frīgus (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *sriges-, *sriHges-. Compare the inherited doublet frío. Cognate with English frigid.

Adjective

frígido (feminine frígida, masculine plural frígidos, feminine plural frígidas)

1. frigid

Related terms

• frigidez

 

Further reading

• “frígido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014