frito

See also: Frito and fritó

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin frīctus, from frīgere (“to fry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾito̝/

Adjective

frito (feminine frita, masculine plural fritos, feminine plural fritas)

1. fried

   Synonym: frixido

Participle

frito (feminine frita, masculine plural fritos, feminine plural fritas)

1. (irregular) past participle of frixir

Derived terms

• fritir
• fritada
• fritura

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “frito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “frito”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “frito”, 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), “frito”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “frito”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

frito

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of fritir

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾi.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾi.tu/
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾi.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾi.tu/

• Rhymes: -itu
• Hyphenation: fri‧to

Etymology 1

Irregular past participle of frigir, corresponding to Latin frīctus.

Adjective

frito (feminine frita, masculine plural fritos, feminine plural fritas)

1. (cooking) fried (cooked by frying)
2. (colloquial) screwed (in unavoidable trouble)

   Synonyms: (vulgar) fodido, encrencado, (colloquial) ferrado

Related terms

• frigir
• frita
• fritação
• fritado
• fritar
• fritas
• fritura

Noun

frito m (plural fritos)

1. (cooking, usually in the plural) fried food

Participle

frito (short participle, feminine frita, masculine plural fritos, feminine plural fritas)

1. past participle of fritar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

frito

1. first-person singular present indicative of fritar

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾito/ [ˈfɾi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: fri‧to

Etymology 1

Irregular past participle of freír (cf. freído), corresponding to Latin frīctus. After -ī-, Latin -ct- regularly corresponds to Spanish -t- (rather than Spanish -ch-).

Adjective

frito (feminine frita, masculine plural fritos, feminine plural fritas)

1. fried
2. (figurative, colloquial) broken, busted, screwed
3. (figurative, colloquial) fed up

Derived terms

• arroz frito
• fritanga
• habas fritas
• huevo frito
• leche frita
• papa frita
• patata frita
• pollo frito
• quedarse frito

Related terms

• freír
• fritar
• fritura

Descendants

• Tagalog: prito
• Tausug: piritu

Noun

frito m (plural fritos)

1. fry, fried dish

Verb

frito

1. masculine singular past participle of freír

Etymology 2

Verb

frito

1. first-person singular present indicative of fritar

Further reading

• “frito”, 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