escalofrío
Spanish, noun
escalofrío is spelled E-S-C-A-L-O-F-R-Í-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 36,968th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escalofrío is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “chill, shiver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of escalofriar. With an accent, escalofrió is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of escalofriar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Indisposición del cuerpo en que se siente frío repentino (comienzo de hipotermia) y contracciones musculares…”.
What does escalofrío mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechill, shiver
- 2
masculinefrisson
- 3
masculinegoose bumps, shiver, chills or creeps (especially those caused by fear)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of escalofriar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of escalofriar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Indisposición del cuerpo en que se siente frío repentino (comienzo de hipotermia) y contracciones musculares, que puede preceder a la fiebre o a otras enfermedades. 2. Movimiento súbito en direcciones opuestas de manera intermitente, rápida y generalmente involuntaria, con sacudidas breves y frecuentes, que generalmente responde a alguna emoción, en particular al terror.
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 escalofrío
- escalofríos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to escalofrío
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escalofrío in Spanish?
escalofrío appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).