frito

See also: Frito and fritó

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin frīctus, from frīgere (“to fry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾito̝/

Adjective

frito (feminine frita, masculine plural fritos, feminine plural fritas)

1. fried

   Synonym: frixido

Participle

frito (feminine frita, masculine plural fritos, feminine plural fritas)

1. (irregular) past participle of frixir

Derived terms

• fritir
• fritada
• fritura

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “frito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “frito”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “frito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “frito”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “frito”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

frito

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of fritir

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾi.tu/

• Rhymes: -itu
• Hyphenation: fri‧to

Etymology 1

Irregular past participle of frigir, corresponding to Latin frīctus.

Adjective

frito (feminine frita, masculine plural fritos, feminine plural fritas)

1. (cooking) fried (cooked by frying)
2. (colloquial) screwed (in unavoidable trouble)

   Synonyms: (vulgar) fodido, encrencado, (colloquial) ferrado

Related terms

• frigir
• frita
• fritação
• fritado
• fritar
• fritas
• fritura

 

Noun

frito m (plural fritos)

1. (cooking, usually in the plural) fried food

Participle

frito (short participle, feminine frita, masculine plural fritos, feminine plural fritas)

1. past participle of fritar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

frito

1. first-person singular present indicative of fritar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾito/ [ˈfɾi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: fri‧to

Etymology 1

Irregular past participle of freír (cf. freído), corresponding to Latin frīctus. After -ī-, Latin -ct- regularly corresponds to Spanish -t- (rather than Spanish -ch-).

Adjective

frito (feminine frita, masculine plural fritos, feminine plural fritas)

1. fried
2. (figurative, colloquial) broken, busted, screwed
3. (figurative, colloquial) fed up

Derived terms

• arroz frito
• fritanga
• habas fritas
• huevo frito
• leche frita
• papa frita
• patata frita
• pollo frito
• quedarse frito

 

Related terms

• freír
• fritar
• fritura

 

Descendants

• Tagalog: prito
• Tausug: piritu

Noun

frito m (plural fritos)

1. fry, fried dish

Verb

frito

1. masculine singular past participle of freír

Etymology 2

Verb

frito

1. first-person singular present indicative of fritar

Further reading

• “frito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16