Polyglot Dictionary

helar

/eˈlaɾ/

verb B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
hielo
preterite (yo)
helé
past participle
helado

Meaning

  1. to freeze

    • Anoche heló.

      It froze last night.

V Category Occurrence Concreteness Concrete Agency Involuntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

congelar

congelar is more about deliberately freezing, like food in a freezer; helar is more about natural freezing, like water or weather.

Similar in other languages

French

congeler

congeler is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to freeze."

French

geler

geler is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to freeze."

Portuguese

congelar

congelar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to freeze."

Practice

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