frescoa fresca
adjective
1 (Culin) (no congelado, no cocinado) fresh
es mejor comer alimentos frescos it is best to eat fresh food
(no pasado) [+carne, fruta] fresh; [+huevo] fresh; new-laid el pescado está muy fresco the fish is very fresh
(no curado) [+queso] unripened; [+salmón] fresh2 (frío) [+brisa, viento] cool
salí a respirar un poco de aire fresco I went outside to get a breath of fresh air
[+bebida] cool; cold; [+agua] (para beber) cold; (en piscina, río) cool una cerveza fresca a cool o cold beer
[+tiempo] (desagradable) chilly; (agradable) cool ponte una chaqueta, que la noche está fresca put a jacket on, it's chilly tonight; ¡qué fresco se estará ahora en la montaña! it will be so nice and cool just now in the mountains
[+tela, vestido] cool3 (reciente) [+ideas] fresh; [+pintura] wet
la tragedia aún está fresca en mi memoria the tragic events are still fresh in my memory; venía contento, con dinero fresco en el bolsillo he came along looking happy, with fresh money in his pocket
traigo noticias frescas I have the latest news
pintura fresca wet paint
6 (persona) (descansado) fresh; (descarado) cheeky; sassy; (EEUU)
prefiero estudiar por las mañanas, cuando aún estoy fresco I prefer studying in the morning while I'm still fresh; ¡qué fresco! what a cheek! (familiar); what a nerve! (familiar); ¡está o va fresco, si cree que le voy a ayudar otra vez! he couldn't be more wrong if he thinks that I'm going to help him again!; if he thinks I'm going to help him again, he's got another think coming!
me lo dijo tan fresco he just said it to me as cool as you like
me lo dijo y se quedó tan fresco he said it without batting an eyelid
ser más fresco que una lechuga to have a lot of nerve (familiar)
(sinvergüenza)
¡usted es un fresco! you've got a nerve! (familiar)
1 (temperatura)
se sentó a la sombra del árbol buscando el fresco she sat down under the tree, in the cool of its shade; voy a sentarme fuera, al fresco I'm going to sit outside where it's nice and cool; el fresco de la mañana the cool of the morning
dormir al fresco to sleep in the open air; sleep outdoors
hace fresco (desagradable) it's chilly; (agradable) it's cool
tomar el fresco to get some fresh air
me trae al fresco
que te lo creas o no, me trae al fresco I couldn't care less whether you believe it or not