congelar
Spanish, verb/konxeˈlaɾ/
congelar is spelled C-O-N-G-E-L-A-R (8 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,247th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Congelar is a Spanish verb meaning “to freeze (to lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Solidificar un líquido por acción del frío”.
What does congelar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to freeze (to lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes)
- 2
to freeze, to suspend (an activity, a program)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Solidificar un líquido por acción del frío. 2. Someter y conservar alimentos, medicamentos y otros materiales delicados a temperaturas muy bajas para evitar que se dañen por acción del calor. 3. Causar el frío daños en los organismos vivos, produciendo a veces la necrosis en tejidos expuestos a muy bajas temperaturas. 4. Parar, detener o fijar una acción en curso, un proceso, etc., y mantenerlos así por tiempo indefinido.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of congelar
- congelo first-person present singular
- congelé first-person preterite singular
- congelado participle past
- congelando gerund
- congelada feminine participle past
- congelados masculine participle past
- congeladas feminine participle past
- congelas indicative informal present
- congelás indicative informal present
- congela indicative present singular
- congelamos first-person indicative plural
- congeláis indicative plural present
- congelan indicative plural present
- congelaba first-person imperfect indicative
- congelabas imperfect indicative second-person
- congelábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- congelabais imperfect indicative plural
- congelaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce congelar?
- /konxeˈlaɾ/
- [kõŋ.xeˈlaɾ]
- [kõŋxeˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to congelar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is congelar in Spanish?
congelar appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).