geladeira

Portuguese

geladeira

Etymology

From gelado +‎ -eira. Piecewise doublet of geladaria and gelataria.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.laˈde(j).ɾɐ/ [ʒe.laˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.laˈde(j).ɾɐ/ [ʒe.laˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.laˈde(j).ɾa/ [ʒe.laˈde(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨ.lɐˈdɐj.ɾɐ/ [ʒɨ.lɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨ.lɐˈdɐj.ɾɐ/ [ʒɨ.lɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨ.lɐˈdej.ɾɐ/ [ʒɨ.lɐˈðej.ɾɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨ.lɐˈdej.ɾɐ/ [ʒɨ.lɐˈðej.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨ.lɐˈde.ɾɐ/ [ʒɨ.lɐˈðe.ɾɐ]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒɛ.laˈde(j).ɾɐ/ [ʒɛ.laˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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  • Hyphenation: ge‧la‧dei‧ra

  Noun

  geladeira f (plural geladeiras)

  1. (Brazil) refrigerator (appliance that refrigerates food)

     Synonyms: (Brazil) refrigerador, (Portugal) frigorífico, (Angola, Mozambique) geleira, (Rio Grande do Sul) frigidaire

  2. (Portugal) ice cream maker (machine used to make homemade ice cream)

     Synonym: (Brazil) sorveteira

  3. (figuratively) an extremely cold place

     Antonyms: sauna, inferno, forno

  Coordinate terms

  • (refrigerator): congelador, fogão, freezer, forno de micro-ondas

  Related terms

  • congelado
  • congelador
  • congelar
  • geada
  • gear
  • gelado
  • gelador
  • geladura
  • gelar
  • geleira
  • geleiro
  • gelidez
  • gélido
  • gelo
  • refrigeração

  Further reading

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