frigir

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

frigir

1. present of frigi

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin frīgere, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Cognate of Spanish freír, French frire, Italian friggere and English fry.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾiˈʒi(ʁ)/ [fɾiˈʒi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾiˈʒi(ʁ)/ [fɾiˈʒi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fɾiˈʒi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fɾiˈʒi(ʁ)/ [fɾiˈʒi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾiˈʒi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾiˈʒiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾiˈʒiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾiˈʒi.ɾi/

Verb

frigir (first-person singular present frijo, third-person singular present frege, first-person singular preterite frigi, past participle frigido, short past participle frito)

1. to fry

Conjugation

    Conjugation of frigir (irregular short past participle; i-e alternation in present singular; g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	frigir
Personal	frigir	frigires	frigir	frigirmos	frigirdes	frigirem
Gerund
	frigindo
Short past participle
Masculine	frito1			fritos1
Feminine	frita1			fritas1
Long past participle
Masculine	frigido2			frigidos2
Feminine	frigida2			frigidas2
Indicative
Present	frijo	freges	frege	frigimos	frigis	fregem
Imperfect	frigia	frigias	frigia	frigíamos	frigíeis	frigiam
Preterite	frigi	frigiste	frigiu	frigimos	frigistes	frigiram
Pluperfect	frigira	frigiras	frigira	frigíramos	frigíreis	frigiram
Future	frigirei	frigirás	frigirá	frigiremos	frigireis	frigirão
Conditional	frigiria	frigirias	frigiria	frigiríamos	frigiríeis	frigiriam
Subjunctive
Present	frija	frijas	frija	frijamos	frijais	frijam
Imperfect	frigisse	frigisses	frigisse	frigíssemos	frigísseis	frigissem
Future	frigir	frigires	frigir	frigirmos	frigirdes	frigirem
Imperative
Affirmative		frege	frija	frijamos	frigi	frijam
Negative (não)		não frijas	não frija	não frijamos	não frijais	não frijam

¹Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar.
²Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter.

Derived terms

• frigideira f (“frying pan”)

Related terms

• fritar
• frito
• fritura

Further reading

• “frigir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “frigir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025