frita

See also: fritá

English

Noun

frita (plural fritas)

1. A kind of hamburger of Cuban origin, consisting of a seasoned ground beef and pork patty with chorizo or chorizo spices, topped with sauteed onions, served on a Cuban bread roll and garnished with julienned or shoestring potato fries.

Derived terms

• Cuban frita

Galician

Verb

frita

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of fritir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From fri +‎ ta.

Verb

frita (imperative frita, present tense fritar, passive fritas, simple past fritok, past participle fritatt, present participle fritakende)

1. to exempt, excuse (fra / from)

References

• “frita” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• fritake, fritaka

Etymology

From fri +‎ ta.

Verb

frita (present tense fritek or fritar, past tense fritok, past participle friteke or fritatt, passive infinitive fritakast, present participle fritakande, imperative frita)

1. to exempt, excuse (frå / from)

References

• “frita” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

frita (etymology 1 sense 1)

fritas (etymology 1 sense 2)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾi.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾi.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾi.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾi.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: fri‧ta

Etymology 1

Noun

frita f (plural fritas)

2. frit (fused mixture of materials used to make glass)
4. (cooking) a kind of French toast, prepared as dessert during Christmas period

   Synonyms: dourada, fatia dourada, fatia parida, rabanada

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

frita

1. inflection of fritar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

frita

1. feminine singular of frito

Participle

frita

1. feminine singular of frito

Further reading

• “frita”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “frita”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾita/ [ˈfɾi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: fri‧ta

Etymology 1

Noun

frita f (plural fritas)

1. (glassmaking) frit

Etymology 2

Adjective

frita f

1. feminine singular of frito

Participle

frita f sg

1. feminine singular of frito

Etymology 3

Verb

frita

1. inflection of fritar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “frita”, 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

Swedish

Alternative forms

• fritaga (dated)

Etymology

By surface analysis, fri +‎ ta.

Verb

frita (present fritar, preterite fritog, supine fritagit, imperative frita)

1. rescue, free, liberate from captivity (by force)

Usage notes

Used to describe setting someone free against the will of those detaining them. For example, a legal rescue operation against kidnappers, or an illegal jailbreak operation.

Conjugation

Conjugation of frita (class 6 strong)

	active		passive
infinitive	frita		fritas
supine	fritagit		fritagits
imperative	frita		—
imper. plural1	fritan		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	fritar	fritog	fritas	fritogs
ind. plural1	frita	fritogo	fritas	fritogos
subjunctive2	frita	fritoge	fritas	fritoges
present participle		fritagande
past participle		fritagen

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of fritaga (class 6 strong, dated)

	active		passive
infinitive	fritaga		fritagas
supine	fritagit		fritagits
imperative	fritag		—
imper. plural1	fritagen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	fritager	fritog	fritages	fritogs
ind. plural1	fritaga	fritogo	fritagas	fritogos
subjunctive2	fritage	fritoge	fritages	fritoges
present participle		fritagande
past participle		fritagen

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• fritagning

See also

• befria
• frige

Further reading

• “frita”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “frita”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)