friolento
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /fɾi.oˈlẽ.tu/ [fɾɪ.oˈlẽ.tu], (faster pronunciation) /fɾjoˈlẽ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fɾi.oˈlẽ.to/ [fɾɪ.oˈlẽ.to], (faster pronunciation) /fɾjoˈlẽ.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɾi.uˈlẽ.tu/, (faster pronunciation) /fɾjuˈlẽ.tu/
- Rhymes: -ẽtu
- Hyphenation: fri‧o‧len‧to
Adjective
friolento (feminine friolenta, masculine plural friolentos, feminine plural friolentas)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin *frigorentus. Compare Portuguese friorento.
Adjective
friolento (feminine friolenta, masculine plural friolentos, feminine plural friolentas)
- nesh, shivery, cold-sensitive, cold-natured (of a person: susceptible and sensitive to cold weather, prone to easily feeling cold)
- Synonym: friolero
Further reading
- “friolento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024