arrecir

Meaning

1. (transitive) to make something/someone numb with cold
2. (reflexive) to become numbed by cold, to be numbed by cold

Hyphenated as

a‧rre‧cir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/areˈθiɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: arrigō

Cognate with Galician: arrecer

In summary

From Vulgar Latin arrigēscĕre (“to become stiff”), from Latin arrigĕre (“raise; rouse, excite”). According to Coromines and Pascual, this infinitive arrecir "barely exists" (apenas existe), and prefer to link the adjective arrecido to a supposed verb *arreeçer, of the same etymology, cognate with Galician arrecerse (“get a common cold; become numb”).