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BrentB

Feb 8, 2005, 4:41 PM

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Correctly Frozen

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Which is more correct for frozen; congelado or frisado? I contend that frisado is more spanglish than correct Spanish.

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Brent

esperanza

Feb 8, 2005, 5:04 PM

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Congelado, from congelar, to freeze.

Frisar as a verb does not mean 'to freeze'; it means 'to rub' or 'to be compatible'.

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thfarrell

Feb 9, 2005, 4:38 PM

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Hi...

Are these words you read, or words you heard?

I'm guessing that the verb you're asking about is "freezar" (like "hablar") with a past particple of "freezado". It couldn't be "frisar", that's already taken.

Yes?

Tom
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quevedo

Feb 10, 2005, 6:09 PM

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Re: [esperanza] Correctamente congelado

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Frisar también quiere decir acercarse, sobre todo cuando se habla de edad: "Ya frisa los cincuenta años".

En ningún caso deberá emplearse frisar o frizar como sinónimo de congelar o helar: se trata obviamente de un anglicismo que proviene de to freeze, como ya se ha mencionado.

Un saludo descongelado (ya viene la primavera),

Quevedo

BrentB

Feb 11, 2005, 7:52 PM

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Re: [quevedo] Correctamente congelado

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Gracías Uds. Como paso la mitad de mi tiempo en latino ámerica, y la la mitad en Chicago, quise aclarar el asunto. En Mexico veo letreros " pescado congelado", en Chicago, en supermercados mexicanos, veo, "pescado frisado".

Brent