refringir

Borrowed from Latin refringere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

refringir (first-person singular present refringeixo, first-person singular preterite refringí, past participle refringit)

1. to refract

   Synonym: refractar

• “refringir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from Latin refringere. Cognate with English refringe.

• IPA^(key): /refɾinˈxiɾ/
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: re‧frin‧gir

refringir (first-person singular present refrinjo, first-person singular preterite refringí, past participle refringido)

1. (transitive, physics, archaic) to refringe, to refract

   Synonym: refractar

   La luz refringida de las paredes.

   The light refringed off the walls.

   • 1781, Benito Bails, Elementos de Matemática, page 457:

     Supongamos que el rayo violaceo contenido en el rayo heterogeneo FD […] sea refringido en la direccion DK; […]

     Suppose that the violet ray contained in the heterogeneous ray FD is refringed in the direction DK;

   • 1849, Pedro Mata y Fontanet, Sinopsis Filosófica de la Química, page 454:

     Solo son refrangibles, ó solo refringen la luz, los cuerpos simples gaseosos y cristalinos de cristalizacion regular y de poco peso específico; los opacos no refringen la luz.

     Only simple gaseous and crystalline bodies with regular crystallization and little specific weight are refractible, or only refringe light; the opaque ones do not refringe the light.

   • 1911, Juan Chiabra, Luis José Chorroarín, Elías del Carmen, La Enseñanza de la Filosofía en la Época Colonial, page 320:

     […] en la segunda, pues, se refringen cuando se hacen divergentes, es decir, se dispersan y se extienden; pero, estas retracciones se oponen diametralmente; luego, etc.

     in the second, then, they refringe when they become divergent, that is, they disperse and extend; but, these retractions are diametrically opposed; then, etc.

2. (transitive, figuratively, archaic) to reflect, to mirror, to show
   • 1894, José Carvajal Hué, Los Anarquistas en Madrid, Madrid, Spain, page 7:

     Su conciencia refringe el bien de distinta manera que le refringe la mía; pero estí refracción produce el único lazo que hay entre ellos y yo: la misma intransigencia.

     Their conscience refringes the good in a different way than mine refringes; but this refraction produces the only bond that there is between them and me: the same intransigence.

“refringir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28