gelar

  1. (intransitive) to freeze (become solid due to low temperature)
  2. (intransitive) to become cold
  3. (transitive) to cause to become cold
  4. (intransitive) to become dispassionate
  5. (intransitive) to freeze (become motionless)

Opposite of
degelar, derreter, descongelar, esquentar
Frequency

24k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʒeˈla(ʁ)/
Etymology

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin gelāre, from gelu (“frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). By surface analysis, gelo + -ar. Doublet of the inherited gear.

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