calafrío

calafrío

See also: calafrio

Galician

Alternative forms

• calefrío, callafrío, callosfrío, calofrío

Etymology

Attested since the 18th century. Perhaps borrowed from Old Spanish calofrío (“shiver”), or either a cognate of it, perhaps from caldo (“hot”) + frío (“cold”)[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kalaˈfɾiʊ]

Noun

calafrío m (plural calafríos)

1. shiver (the act or result of shivering)
   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Teño moitos calafrios,

     á quentura ben detràs,

     receo, si hè ò mal catìbo,

     Dios che me'arrede detàl.

     I have many shivers

     the fever rises just next

     I fear it is the mal cativo,

     God takes me away from that

   Synonym: arrepío

References

• “calafrío” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “calafrío” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “calafrío” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “caliente”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos