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Galician
Etymology 1
From Latin frīctus, from frīgere (“to fry”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
frito (feminine frita, masculine plural fritos, feminine plural fritas)
- fried
- Synonym: frixido
Participle
frito (feminine frita, masculine plural fritos, feminine plural fritas)
- (irregular) past participle of frixir
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “frito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “frito”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “frito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “frito”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “frito”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 2
Verb
frito
- (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of fritir
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -itu
- Hyphenation: fri‧to
Etymology 1
Irregular past participle of frigir, corresponding to Latin frīctus.
Adjective
frito (feminine frita, masculine plural fritos, feminine plural fritas)
- (cooking) fried (cooked by frying)
- (colloquial) screwed (in unavoidable trouble)
- Synonyms: (vulgar) fodido, encrencado, (colloquial) ferrado
Noun
frito m (plural fritos)
- (cooking, usually in the plural) fried food
Participle
frito (short participle, feminine frita, masculine plural fritos, feminine plural fritas)
- past participle of fritar
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
frito
- first-person singular present indicative of fritar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɾito/
- Rhymes: -ito
- Syllabification: fri‧to
Etymology 1
Irregular past participle of freír (cf. freído), corresponding to Latin frīctus. After -ī-, Latin -ct- regularly corresponds to Spanish -t- (rather than Spanish -ch-).[1]
Adjective
frito (feminine frita, masculine plural fritos, feminine plural fritas)
- fried
- (figurative, colloquial) broken, busted, screwed
- (figurative, colloquial) fed up
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
frito m (plural fritos)
- fry, fried dish
Verb
frito
- masculine singular past participle of freír
References
- ^ Penny, R. (2002). A History of the Spanish Language. 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press. p. 70.
Etymology 2
Verb
frito
- first-person singular present indicative of fritar
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