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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin gelidus (“cold”), from gelū (“frost; chill”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
gélido (feminine gélida, masculine plural gélidos, feminine plural gélidas)
- gelid (very cold)
- Synonym: congelante
- (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)
- gelid, frosty (temperature)
- distant (of a person)
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