freezing [ˈfriːzɪŋ]
adjective
glacial; helado I'm freezing estoy helado; it's freezing in here aquí se congela uno; aquí hace un frío que pela (informal)
freezing(
fri
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zihng
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
2. (zero degrees Celsius)
a. el punto de congelación
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The refrigerator keeps the beer just above freezing.El refrigerador mantiene la cerveza justo arriba del punto de congelación.
3. (process)
a. la congelación
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Snowflakes come from the freezing of water droplets around specks of dust.Los copos de nieve resultan de la congelación de gotitas de agua alrededor de motas de polvo.
freezing
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
1. (room)
a. helado(a)
2. (weather, temperature)
a. muy frío(a)
freezing coldhelado(a)
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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| it's freezing | está helado | |
| freezing rain | lluvia engelante | |
| it is freezing | está helado |
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