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gelo.

ice (frozen water)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʒe.lu/Brazil/ˈʒe.lu/Portugal
  1. ice (frozen water)

    masculine · uncountable
  2. a cube or chunk of ice

    masculine
  3. coldness; cold (low temperature)

    informal · masculine
  4. chill (a sudden sense of fear or anxiety)

    figuratively · masculine
  5. coldness (lack of emotion)

    figuratively · masculine
  6. a very cool place

    figuratively · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese gelo, borrowed from Latin gelū, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). Displaced the inherited Old Portuguese geo.

adj/ˈʒe.lu/Brazil/ˈʒe.lu/Portugal
  1. whose colour is a shade of white like that of ice

    invariable
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese gelo, borrowed from Latin gelū, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). Displaced the inherited Old Portuguese geo.

verb/ˈʒɛ.lu/Brazil/ˈʒɛ.lu/Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of gelar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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