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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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