congelar

Catalan

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin congelāre, present active infinitive of congelō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuɲ.ʒəˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koɲ.ʒəˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɲ.d͡ʒeˈlaɾ]

Verb

congelar (first-person singular present congelo, first-person singular preterite congelí, past participle congelat)

1. (transitive) to freeze

Related terms

• congelació
• gelar

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Occitan

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin congelare, present active infinitive of congelo.

Verb

congelar

1. (transitive) to freeze

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• conglaçar

Related terms

• gelar

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin congelare, present active infinitive of congelo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kõ.ʒɨ.ˈlaɾ/
• Hyphenation: con‧ge‧lar

Verb

1. to freeze

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:congelar.

Related terms

• congelação
• congelador
• gelar

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin congelare, present active infinitive of congelo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konxeˈlaɾ/ [kõŋ.xeˈlaɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to freeze (to lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes)

   Synonym: helar

2. (transitive) to freeze, to suspend (an activity, a program)
   • 2019 April 22, León Krauze, “Dar la espalda al paisano”, in El Universal‎^[1]:

     Hace un par de semanas, el Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM) removió de sus cargos a los representantes en Estados Unidos y congeló el programa de asistencia, al que piensa reestructurar próximamente.

     A couple of weeks ago, the National Migration Institute (NMI) removed representatives in the United States from their posts and froze the aid program, which it plans to restructure shortly.

Derived terms

• congelante

Related terms

• congelación
• congelador
• helar

Further reading

• “congelar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014