friolento

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾi.oˈlẽ.tu/ [fɾɪ.oˈlẽ.tu], (faster pronunciation) /fɾjoˈlẽ.tu/

• (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)

1. (Portugal) Alternative form of friorento

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin *frigorentus. Compare Portuguese friorento.

Adjective

friolento (feminine friolenta, masculine plural friolentos, feminine plural friolentas)

1. 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014