escalofrío

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskaloˈfɾio/ [es.ka.loˈfɾi.o]
• Rhymes: -io
• Syllabification: es‧ca‧lo‧frí‧o

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Old Spanish es-

Spanish es-

Spanish calofrío

Spanish escalofrío

From es- + calofrío.

Noun

escalofrío m (plural escalofríos)

1. chill, shiver
2. frisson
3. (in the plural) goose bumps, shiver, chills or creeps (especially those caused by fear)

Derived terms

• dar escalofríos (“to give [somebody] the creeps”)
• escalofriante

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

escalofrío

1. first-person singular present indicative of escalofriar

Further reading

• “escalofrío”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025