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Spanish
Etymology
From a Vulgar Latin *subfrigere, from Latin sub- + frigere, present active infinitive of frigō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sofɾeˈiɾ/
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: so‧fre‧ír
Verb
sofreír (first-person singular present sofrío, first-person singular preterite sofreí, past participle sofreído or sofrito)
- to fry lightly
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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