Polyglot Dictionary

arrefecer

/axefeˈseɾ/

verb B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
arrefeço
preterite (eu)
arrefeci
past participle
arrefecido

Meaning

  1. to cool

    • A sopa arrefeceu.

      The soup cooled.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

esfriar

arrefecer is more formal or literary, and can be figurative, like cooling off enthusiasm; esfriar is the more everyday word — both mean "to cool."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

enfriar

enfriar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to cool."

Practice

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