frisar

Alteration of frissar, from Vulgar Latin *frīctiare (“to shiver”), from Latin frīgeō (“to freeze”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fɾiˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [fɾiˈzaɾ]

frisar (first-person singular present friso, first-person singular preterite frisí, past participle frisat)

1. to get impatient, to fret
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to hurry, to rush
3. (frisar per) to be eager for, to long for, to yearn for

• “frisar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From French friser (“to curl”). Related to friso (“frieze”).

• Hyphenation: fri‧sar

frisar (first-person singular present friso, first-person singular preterite frisei, past participle frisado)

1. to curl, crimp (the hair etc)
2. to emphasise, to stress

• “frisar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “frisar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

• IPA^(key): /fɾiˈsaɾ/ [fɾiˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fri‧sar

From frisa.

frisar (first-person singular present friso, first-person singular preterite frisé, past participle frisado)

1. to approach, to border on (of age, etc.)
2. (intransitive) to get along with (someone)

   Synonym: congeniar

3. (hair) to curl, crimp

From Vulgar Latin *frictiāre, from Latin fricare. Doublet of frezar.

frisar (first-person singular present friso, first-person singular preterite frisé, past participle frisado)

1. to rub on

   Synonym: frotar

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