refrigerador

Catalan

Etymology

From refrigerar +‎ -ador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [rə.fɾi.ʒə.ɾəˈðu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [rə.fɾi.ʒə.ɾəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.fɾi.d͡ʒe.ɾaˈðoɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [re.fɾi.ʒe.ɾaˈðo]

Adjective

refrigerador (feminine refrigeradora, masculine plural refrigeradors, feminine plural refrigeradores)

1. refrigerating

   Synonym: refrigerant

Noun

refrigerador m (plural refrigeradors)

1. refrigerator, cooling system

Synonyms

• frigorífic
• nevera

Further reading

• “refrigerador”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos

Proto-Italic *srīgos

Latin frīgus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin frīgerō

Latin refrīgerārebor.

Portuguese refrigerar

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tōrem

Old Galician-Portuguese -dor

Portuguese -dor

Portuguese refrigerador

From refrigerar + -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fɾi.ʒe.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [he.fɾi.ʒe.ɾaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fɾi.ʒe.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [he.fɾi.ʒe.ɾaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fɾi.ʒe.ɾaˈdoɾ/ [he.fɾi.ʒe.ɾaˈdoɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fɾi.ʒe.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [χe.fɾi.ʒe.ɾaˈdoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fɾi.ʒe.ɾaˈdoɻ/ [he.fɾi.ʒe.ɾaˈdoɻ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.fɾi.ʒɨ.ɾɐˈdoɾ/ [ʁɨ.fɾi.ʒɨ.ɾɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.fɾi.ʒɨ.ɾɐˈdoɾ/ [ʁɨ.fɾi.ʒɨ.ɾɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.fɾi.ʒɨ.ɾɐˈdo.ɾi/ [ʁɨ.fɾi.ʒɨ.ɾɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: re‧fri‧ge‧ra‧dor

Noun

refrigerador m (plural refrigeradores)

1. refrigerator (appliance that refrigerates food)

   Synonyms: (Brazil) geladeira, (Portugal) frigorífico

Related terms

• refrigerante
• refrigerar

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos

Proto-Italic *srīgos

Latin frīgus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin frīgerō

Latin refrigerārebor.

Spanish refrigerar

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Spanish -dor

Spanish refrigerador

From refrigerar + -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /refɾixeɾaˈdoɾ/ [re.fɾi.xe.ɾaˈð̞oɾ]

• Audio (El Salvador):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: re‧fri‧ge‧ra‧dor

Adjective

refrigerador (feminine refrigeradora, masculine plural refrigeradores, feminine plural refrigeradoras)

1. cooling, refrigerating, refrigerated
   • 2015 July 6, “Un ataque de la coalición en Yemen causa una masacre en un mercado”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Por lo que han tenido que comprar 10 cámaras refrigeradoras de helados para conservar los 30 cadáveres.

     So they have had to buy 10 ice cream refrigerated chambers to preserve the 30 corpses.

Derived terms

• base refrigeradora

Related terms

• refrigerante

Noun

refrigerador m (plural refrigeradores)

1. refrigerator

   Synonyms: nevera, frigorífico, refrigeradora, (colloquial) refri

Related terms

• refrigeración
• refrigeradora
• refrigerar

Further reading

• “refrigerador”, 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