friolento

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾi.oˈlẽ.tu/ [fɾɪ.oˈlẽ.tu], (faster pronunciation) /fɾjoˈlẽ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾi.oˈlẽ.to/ [fɾɪ.oˈlẽ.to], (faster pronunciation) /fɾjoˈlẽ.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾi.uˈlẽ.tu/, (faster pronunciation) /fɾjuˈlẽ.tu/

Rhymes: -ẽtu
Hyphenation: fri‧o‧len‧to

Adjective

friolento (feminine friolenta, masculine plural friolentos, feminine plural friolentas)

(Portugal) Alternative form of friorento

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin *frigorentus. Compare Portuguese friorento.

Adjective

friolento (feminine friolenta, masculine plural friolentos, feminine plural friolentas)

nesh, shivery, cold-sensitive, cold-natured (of a person: susceptible and sensitive to cold weather, prone to easily feeling cold)
Synonym: friolero

Further reading

“friolento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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