OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 8213

frost

/fɹɒst/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
carama • cencellada • cenceñada • escarcha • helada • pruina • recencellada
A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.
helada • pruina
The cold weather that causes these ice crystals to form.
It is more probable, in almost every country of Europe, that there will be frost sometime in January, than that the weather will continue open throughout that whole month;
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 8214

frost

/fɹɒst/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
helar
To cover with frost.
escarchar • helar
To become covered with frost.
“The weather is pleasant while it frosted a little at night.”
glasear • granizar
To coat (something, e.g. a cake) with icing to resemble frost.
herrar
To sharpen (the points of a horse's shoe) to prevent it from slipping on ice.
Phrases