ghiacciare

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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)

  1. (transitive, also figurative) to freeze
    Synonyms: congelare, gelare, surgelare
  2. (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
  3. (intransitive, impersonal) to be freezing (of weather)
    stanotte è ghiacciato
    it was freezing tonight
  4. (intransitive) to ice over
  5. (intransitive) to get cold
    Synonym: raffreddarsi
    se aspetti, la zuppa ghiaccia
    if you wait, the soup will get cold
  6. (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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