gélido

See also: gelido

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gelidus (“cold”), from gelū (“frost; chill”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛ.li.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛ.li.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛ.li.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛ.li.du/ [ˈʒɛ.li.ðu]

• Hyphenation: gé‧li‧do

Adjective

gélido (feminine gélida, masculine plural gélidos, feminine plural gélidas)

1. gelid (very cold)

   Synonym: congelante

2. (figurative) cold (emotionally distant)

   Synonyms: frio, distante

Related terms

• geada
• gear
• geladeira
• gelado
• gelar
• gelo

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin gelidus (“cold”), from gelū (“frost; chill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxelido/ [ˈxe.li.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -elido
• Syllabification: gé‧li‧do

Adjective

gélido (feminine gélida, masculine plural gélidos, feminine plural gélidas)

1. gelid, frosty (temperature)
2. distant (of a person)

Further reading

• “gélido”, 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