fría

cold (feminine form)

adjective FREE-ah Rare

Usage Note

Fría is the feminine singular form of the adjective frío (cold). It is not a standalone lemma but functions as the form used with feminine nouns (agua fría, noche fría). In dictionaries it typically appears under frío. A common idiom is a sangre fría (in cold blood), where fría agrees with the feminine noun sangre. The expression dejar frío/fría a alguien means to leave someone cold or astonished.

Examples

"La sopa está fría, caliéntala un poco."

Natural Translation

The soup is cold, warm it up a bit.

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