gélido

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gelidus (“cold”), from gelū (“frost; chill”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: gé‧li‧do

Adjective

gélido (feminine gélida, masculine plural gélidos, feminine plural gélidas)

  1. gelid (very cold)
    Synonym: congelante
  2. (figurative) cold (emotionally distant)
    Synonyms: frio, distante

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin gelidus (“cold”), from gelū (“frost; chill”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxelido/
  • Rhymes: -elido
  • Syllabification: gé‧li‧do

Adjective

gélido (feminine gélida, masculine plural gélidos, feminine plural gélidas)

  1. gelid, frosty (temperature)
  2. distant (of a person)

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