frío
cold
adjective FREE-oh Less Common
Origin: from Latin frigidus
Usage Note
Frío as an adjective describes temperature and can apply to weather, objects, and personality (una persona fría). As a noun (el frío) it means 'the cold' or a chill. Use tener frío for a person feeling cold (tengo frío) and hacer frío for weather (hace frío) — never estar frío for people in this sense. The superlative is muy frío or frigidísimo (rare, formal).
Examples
"El agua está muy fría hoy."
Natural Translation
The water is very cold today.

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