arrefecer

Galician

Etymology

15th century. From Latin refrigescere (“to cool”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arefeˈθeɾ/, (western) /arefeˈseɾ/

Verb

1. (intransitive) to cool, to cool down
   • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé(ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 65:

     Deuen guardar que non comia nen beua o Cauallo quando veer caente et suurento, et deuen no cubryr dalgũa quousa, et andar mansamente con el ataa que arrefeezca

     They should restrain the horse of eating or drinking when he comes hot and sweaty, and they should cover him with something and walk mildly with him until he cools down

   Synonyms: arrefriar, refrescar

2. (transitive) to cool, to cool down

   Synonym: arrefriar

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “arrefe”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arrefecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “arrefecer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arrefecer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese a- +‎ refecer, from Latin refrīgēscō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁɨ.fɛ.ˈseɾ/
• Hyphenation: ar‧re‧fe‧cer

Verb

1. to cool

   Synonym: esfriar