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enfriar

Spanish, verb/enˈfɾjaɾ/

enfriar is a Spanish verb meaning “to cool, chill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner o hacer que se ponga fría una cosa”.

What does enfriar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to cool, chill

  2. 2

    to get cold

  3. 3

    to kill

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Poner o hacer que se ponga fría una cosa. 2. Entibiar, templar la fuerza y el ardor de las pasiones.

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 enfriar

  • enfrío first-person present singular
  • enfrié first-person preterite singular
  • enfriado participle past
  • i-í alternation
  • enfriando gerund
  • enfriada feminine participle past
  • enfriados masculine participle past
  • enfriadas feminine participle past
  • enfrías indicative informal present
  • enfriás indicative informal present
  • enfría indicative present singular
  • enfriamos first-person indicative plural
  • enfriáis indicative plural present
  • enfrían indicative plural present
  • enfriaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • enfriabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • enfriábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • enfriabais imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce enfriar?

  • /enˈfɾjaɾ/
  • [ẽɱˈfɾjaɾ]
  • [ẽɱfɾiˈaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to enfriar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is enfriar in Spanish?

enfriar appears 1.8 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).