gélido
See also: gelido
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin gelidus (“cold”), from gelū (“frost; chill”).
Pronunciation
- (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)
- gelid (very cold)
- Synonym: congelante
- (figurative) cold (emotionally distant)
Related terms
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)
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