refrigerar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin refrigerāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.fɾi.ʒəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.fɾi.d͡ʒeˈɾaɾ]

Verb

refrigerar (first-person singular present refrigero, first-person singular preterite refrigerí, past participle refrigerat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. to cool; cool down
2. to refrigerate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of refrigerar (first conjugation)

infinitive			refrigerar
gerund			refrigerant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		refrigerat		refrigerada
		plural		refrigerats		refrigerades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	refrigero	refrigeres	refrigera	refrigerem	refrigereu	refrigeren
	imperfect	refrigerava	refrigeraves	refrigerava	refrigeràvem	refrigeràveu	refrigeraven
	future	refrigeraré	refrigeraràs	refrigerarà	refrigerarem	refrigerareu	refrigeraran
	preterite	refrigerí	refrigerares	refrigerà	refrigeràrem	refrigeràreu	refrigeraren
	conditional	refrigeraria	refrigeraries	refrigeraria	refrigeraríem	refrigeraríeu	refrigerarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	refrigeri	refrigeris	refrigeri	refrigerem	refrigereu	refrigerin
	imperfect	refrigerés	refrigeressis	refrigerés	refrigeréssim	refrigeréssiu	refrigeressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	refrigera	refrigeri	refrigerem	refrigereu	refrigerin
	negative (no)	—	no refrigeris	no refrigeri	no refrigerem	no refrigereu	no refrigerin

Related terms

• refrigeració
• fred

Further reading

• “refrigerar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “refrigerar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “refrigerar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “refrigerar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin refrīgerāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fɾi.ʒeˈɾa(ʁ)/ [he.fɾi.ʒeˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fɾi.ʒeˈɾa(ʁ)/ [he.fɾi.ʒeˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fɾi.ʒeˈɾa(ɾ)/ [he.fɾi.ʒeˈɾa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fɾi.ʒeˈɾa(ʁ)/ [χe.fɾi.ʒeˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fɾi.ʒeˈɾa(ɻ)/ [he.fɾi.ʒeˈɾa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.fɾi.ʒɨˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.fɾi.ʒɨˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.fɾi.ʒɨˈɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: re‧fri‧ge‧rar

Verb

refrigerar (first-person singular present refrigero, first-person singular preterite refrigerei, past participle refrigerado)

1. to cool; cool down
2. to refrigerate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of refrigerar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	refrigerar
Personal	refrigerar	refrigerares	refrigerar	refrigerarmos	refrigerardes	refrigerarem
Gerund
	refrigerando
Past participle
Masculine	refrigerado			refrigerados
Feminine	refrigerada			refrigeradas
Indicative
Present	refrigero	refrigeras	refrigera	refrigeramos	refrigerais	refrigeram
Imperfect	refrigerava	refrigeravas	refrigerava	refrigerávamos	refrigeráveis	refrigeravam
Preterite	refrigerei	refrigeraste	refrigerou	refrigeramos1, refrigerámos2	refrigerastes	refrigeraram
Pluperfect	refrigerara	refrigeraras	refrigerara	refrigeráramos	refrigeráreis	refrigeraram
Future	refrigerarei	refrigerarás	refrigerará	refrigeraremos	refrigerareis	refrigerarão
Conditional	refrigeraria	refrigerarias	refrigeraria	refrigeraríamos	refrigeraríeis	refrigerariam
Subjunctive
Present	refrigere	refrigeres	refrigere	refrigeremos	refrigereis	refrigerem
Imperfect	refrigerasse	refrigerasses	refrigerasse	refrigerássemos	refrigerásseis	refrigerassem
Future	refrigerar	refrigerares	refrigerar	refrigerarmos	refrigerardes	refrigerarem
Imperative
Affirmative		refrigera	refrigere	refrigeremos	refrigerai	refrigerem
Negative (não)		não refrigeres	não refrigere	não refrigeremos	não refrigereis	não refrigerem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• refrigerador

Related terms

• refrigeração
• frio

Further reading

• “refrigerar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin refrigerāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /refɾixeˈɾaɾ/ [re.fɾi.xeˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧fri‧ge‧rar

Verb

refrigerar (first-person singular present refrigero, first-person singular preterite refrigeré, past participle refrigerado)

1. (transitive) to refrigerate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of refrigerar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			refrigerar
gerund			refrigerando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		refrigerado		refrigerada
		plural		refrigerados		refrigeradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	refrigero	refrigerastú refrigerásvos	refrigera	refrigeramos	refrigeráis	refrigeran
	imperfect	refrigeraba	refrigerabas	refrigeraba	refrigerábamos	refrigerabais	refrigeraban
	preterite	refrigeré	refrigeraste	refrigeró	refrigeramos	refrigerasteis	refrigeraron
	future	refrigeraré	refrigerarás	refrigerará	refrigeraremos	refrigeraréis	refrigerarán
	conditional	refrigeraría	refrigerarías	refrigeraría	refrigeraríamos	refrigeraríais	refrigerarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	refrigere	refrigerestú refrigerésvos2	refrigere	refrigeremos	refrigeréis	refrigeren
	imperfect (ra)	refrigerara	refrigeraras	refrigerara	refrigeráramos	refrigerarais	refrigeraran
	imperfect (se)	refrigerase	refrigerases	refrigerase	refrigerásemos	refrigeraseis	refrigerasen
	future1	refrigerare	refrigerares	refrigerare	refrigeráremos	refrigerareis	refrigeraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		refrigeratú refrigerávos	refrigere	refrigeremos	refrigerad	refrigeren
	negative		no refrigeres	no refrigere	no refrigeremos	no refrigeréis	no refrigeren

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of refrigerar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive refrigerar
	dative	refrigerarme	refrigerarte	refrigerarle, refrigerarse	refrigerarnos	refrigeraros	refrigerarles, refrigerarse
	accusative	refrigerarme	refrigerarte	refrigerarlo, refrigerarla, refrigerarse	refrigerarnos	refrigeraros	refrigerarlos, refrigerarlas, refrigerarse
with gerund refrigerando
	dative	refrigerándome	refrigerándote	refrigerándole, refrigerándose	refrigerándonos	refrigerándoos	refrigerándoles, refrigerándose
	accusative	refrigerándome	refrigerándote	refrigerándolo, refrigerándola, refrigerándose	refrigerándonos	refrigerándoos	refrigerándolos, refrigerándolas, refrigerándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative refrigera
	dative	refrigérame	refrigérate	refrigérale	refrigéranos	not used	refrigérales
	accusative	refrigérame	refrigérate	refrigéralo, refrigérala	refrigéranos	not used	refrigéralos, refrigéralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative refrigerá
	dative	refrigerame	refrigerate	refrigerale	refrigeranos	not used	refrigerales
	accusative	refrigerame	refrigerate	refrigeralo, refrigerala	refrigeranos	not used	refrigeralos, refrigeralas
with formal second-person singular imperative refrigere
	dative	refrigéreme	not used	refrigérele, refrigérese	refrigérenos	not used	refrigéreles
	accusative	refrigéreme	not used	refrigérelo, refrigérela, refrigérese	refrigérenos	not used	refrigérelos, refrigérelas
with first-person plural imperative refrigeremos
	dative	not used	refrigerémoste	refrigerémosle	refrigerémonos	refrigerémoos	refrigerémosles
	accusative	not used	refrigerémoste	refrigerémoslo, refrigerémosla	refrigerémonos	refrigerémoos	refrigerémoslos, refrigerémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative refrigerad
	dative	refrigeradme	not used	refrigeradle	refrigeradnos	refrigeraos	refrigeradles
	accusative	refrigeradme	not used	refrigeradlo, refrigeradla	refrigeradnos	refrigeraos	refrigeradlos, refrigeradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative refrigeren
	dative	refrigérenme	not used	refrigérenle	refrigérennos	not used	refrigérenles, refrigérense
	accusative	refrigérenme	not used	refrigérenlo, refrigérenla	refrigérennos	not used	refrigérenlos, refrigérenlas, refrigérense

Derived terms

• refrigerador

 

Related terms

• frío
• refrigeración
• refrigerativo

 

Further reading

• “refrigerar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28