Today's WOTD is: "frío" = cold
In
Spanish, “frío”
is a masculine noun of Latin, which means cold.
The
Spanish word “frío”
may also be the masculine form of a describing word/ adjective
meaning cold.
The feminine form of that adjective is “fría”.
Related
Spanish action words/ verbs are “enfríarse”
(to
become cold)
and “enfríar”
(to
cause to cool down).
*NB The Spanish noun "frio" should not be used to refer to the English common cold, which in Spanish could be "resfriado".
Some
commonly used expressions with the word “frío”
are:
- Aire frío (cold air);
- Bolsa de aire frío (cold air pocket- meteorology);
- Cabeza fría (cold head);
- Cámara de frío (cold room/ cold storage);
- Chapa laminada en frío (cold rolled steel sheet);
- Color frío (cold tone/ colour);
- Dejar frío (leave unmoved/ unperturbed);
- Dejar frío algo (to leave staggered/ astonished/ to knock for six);
- En frío (unheated/ cold);
- En frío (calmly);
- Frente frío (cold front- weather);
- Frío glacial (ice cold/ freezing cold/ bitterly cold);
- Gota fría (cut-off low- meteorology);
- Hacer frío (to be cold- weather);
- Lavar en frío (to wash in cold water/ cold wash);
- Lectura en frío (cold reading);
- Masa de aire frío (cold air mass- meteorology);
- Mente fría (cool/ cold head);
- Ola de frío (cold spell);
- Pasar frío (to be/ to feel cold and unable to get warm);
- Quedarse alguien frío (to be left staggered/ astonished);
- Tener frío (to feel/ to be cold);
Some
examples of the use of the word "frío"
are:
- Se acerca una masa de aire frío del norte (a cold air mass is coming from the North);
- Se acerca una bolsa de aire frío del norte (a cold air pocket is coming from the North);
- Hay que mantener la cabeza fría (one must keep a cool head);
- La carne está en la cámara de frío (the meat is in the cold room/ storage);
- En esa planta se produce chapa laminada en frío (that plant produces a cold rolled steel sheet);
- Los colores fríos son los que van del azul al verde (cold colours are those between blue and green);
- Ese tipo de música me deja frío (that type of music does nothing for me- male speaking);
- Ese tipo de música me deja fría (that type of music does nothing for me- female speaking);
- Esa noticia me ha dejado frío (that news does nothing for me- male speaking);
- Esa noticia me ha dejado fría (that news does nothing for me- female speaking);
- Recetas de carne para servir en frío (meat dish recipes to be served cold);
- Ese tema deberíamos tratarlo en frío (we should deal with that matter calmly);
- Se acerca un frente frío (a cold front is coming);
- Aquí hace frío (it is cold here);
- Hoy hace un frío glacial (it is bitterly cold today);
- La gota fría es un fenómeno típico del Mediterráneo (the cut-off low is a phenomenon typical of the Mediterranean);
- Esa prenda es para lavar en frío (that garment should be washed in a cold wash);
- La lectura en frío forma parte del espectáculo de algunos artistas (some entertainers use cold reading in their shows);
- Se acerca una ola de frío (a cold spell is coming);
- Mente fría y corazón caliente (a cold head and a warm heart);
- En Nueva York pasamos frío (in New York we were very cold);
- Cuando lo leí me quedé frío (I was staggered at/ could not believe what I read- male speaking);
- Cuando lo leí me quedé fría (I was staggered at/ could not believe what I read- female speaking);
- Tengo frío (I am/ I feel cold);
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