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Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin glaciāre. Synchronically ghiaccio + -are.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡjatˈt͡ʃa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ghiac‧cià‧re
Verb
ghiacciàre (first-person singular present ghiàccio, first-person singular past historic ghiacciài, past participle ghiacciàto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive, also alternatively when impersonal) avére)
- (transitive, also figurative) to freeze
- Synonyms: congelare, gelare, surgelare
- (transitive, figurative) to suddenly deprive (someone) of a reaction; to leave in shock; to paralyze
lo ghiacciò con un'occhiata- he (or she) paralyzed him with one glance
- (intransitive, impersonal) to be freezing (of weather)
stanotte è ghiacciato- it was freezing tonight
- (intransitive) to ice over
- (intransitive) to get cold
- Synonym: raffreddarsi
se aspetti, la zuppa ghiaccia- if you wait, the soup will get cold
- (intransitive) to become numb from the cold
il piede mi è ghiacciato- my foot got numb (from the cold)
a stare qua fuori ghiaccio- from being out here, I'll get cold
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References
- ghiacciare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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