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helado

ice cream

noun adjective eh-LAH-doh Rare
Food & Drink Dishes

Also means

frozen

Usage Note

Helado is both the noun ('ice cream') and the adjective meaning 'frozen' or 'ice-cold'. As a noun it is masculine: un helado de chocolate. As an adjective it agrees in gender: agua helada ('ice-cold water'). The verb is helar ('to freeze'). Quedarse helado ('to be left frozen') is a common idiom meaning to be stunned or speechless.

Examples

"Me apetece un helado de fresa."

Natural Translation

I feel like a strawberry ice cream.

Literal Translation

To-me appeals an ice cream of strawberry.

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