esfriar

/esˈfɾjaɾ/

verb B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

present (eu)
esfrio
preterite (eu)
esfriei
past participle
esfriado

Meaning

  1. to cool

    • A sopa esfriou.

      The soup cooled.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: action. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: transitive.

Similar words

arrefecer

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

resfriar

esfriar and resfriar are close synonyms for "to cool," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

enfriar

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

Practice

1 What does esfriar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches esfriar?

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