# esfriar vs esquiar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### esfriar
*verb · IPA /iʃ.ˈfɾjaɾ/ · frequency rank #18,052*
tornar frio

### esquiar
*verb · IPA /iʃ.ˈkjaɾ/ · frequency rank #47,345*
andar ou deslizar com esquis

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/esfriar-vs-esquiar