friddo

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin fricdus, from Latin frīgidus. Compare Italian freddo.

Adjective

friddo (feminine singular fredda, masculine plural fridde, feminine plural fredde)

  1. cold
    Ca friddo fa ccà ncopp'â muntagna!
    It's so cold up here on the mountaintop!

References
  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 387: “dal freddo” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
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