frisar

Alteration of frissar, from Vulgar Latin *frīctiare (“to shiver”), from Latin frīgeō (“to freeze”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

frisar (first-person singular present friso, first-person singular preterite frisí, past participle frisat)

1. to get impatient, to fret
2. (pronominal) to hurry, to rush
3. (frisar per) to be eager for, to long for, to yearn for

• “frisar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From French friser (“to curl”). Related to friso (“frieze”).

• Hyphenation: fri‧sar

frisar (first-person singular present friso, first-person singular preterite frisei, past participle frisado)

1. to curl, crimp (the hair etc)
2. to emphasise, to stress

• “frisar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “frisar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

• IPA^(key): /fɾiˈsaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fri‧sar

From frisa.

frisar (first-person singular present friso, first-person singular preterite frisé, past participle frisado)

1. to approach, to border on (of age, etc.)
2. (intransitive) to get along with (someone)

   Synonym: congeniar

3. (hair) to curl, crimp

From Vulgar Latin *frictiāre, from Latin fricare. Doublet of frezar.

frisar (first-person singular present friso, first-person singular preterite frisé, past participle frisado)

1. to rub on

   Synonym: frotar

• “frisar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28