frisar

Catalan

Etymology

Alteration of frissar, from Vulgar Latin *frīctiare (“to shiver”), from Latin frīgeō (“to freeze”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fɾiˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fɾiˈzaɾ]

Verb

frisar (first-person singular present friso, first-person singular preterite frisí, past participle frisat)

1. to get impatient, to fret
2. (pronominal) to hurry, to rush
3. (frisar per) to be eager for, to long for, to yearn for

Conjugation

    Conjugation of frisar (first conjugation)

infinitive			frisar
gerund			frisant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		frisat		frisada
		plural		frisats		frisades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	friso	frises	frisa	frisem	friseu	frisen
	imperfect	frisava	frisaves	frisava	frisàvem	frisàveu	frisaven
	future	frisaré	frisaràs	frisarà	frisarem	frisareu	frisaran
	preterite	frisí	frisares	frisà	frisàrem	frisàreu	frisaren
	conditional	frisaria	frisaries	frisaria	frisaríem	frisaríeu	frisarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	frisi	frisis	frisi	frisem	friseu	frisin
	imperfect	frisés	frisessis	frisés	friséssim	friséssiu	frisessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	frisa	frisi	frisem	friseu	frisin
	negative (no)	—	no frisis	no frisi	no frisem	no friseu	no frisin

Derived terms

• frisança
• frisor
• frisós

 

Further reading

• “frisar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Etymology

From French friser (“to curl”). Related to friso (“frieze”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾiˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾiˈzaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾiˈza.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: fri‧sar

Verb

frisar (first-person singular present friso, first-person singular preterite frisei, past participle frisado)

1. to curl, crimp (the hair etc)
2. to emphasise, to stress

Conjugation

    Conjugation of frisar (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	frisar
Personal	frisar	frisares	frisar	frisarmos	frisardes	frisarem
Gerund
	frisando
Past participle
Masculine	frisado			frisados
Feminine	frisada			frisadas
Indicative
Present	friso	frisas	frisa	frisamos	frisais	frisam
Imperfect	frisava	frisavas	frisava	frisávamos	frisáveis	frisavam
Preterite	frisei	frisaste	frisou	frisamos1, frisámos2	frisastes	frisaram
Pluperfect	frisara	frisaras	frisara	frisáramos	frisáreis	frisaram
Future	frisarei	frisarás	frisará	frisaremos	frisareis	frisarão
Conditional	frisaria	frisarias	frisaria	frisaríamos	frisaríeis	frisariam
Subjunctive
Present	frise	frises	frise	frisemos	friseis	frisem
Imperfect	frisasse	frisasses	frisasse	frisássemos	frisásseis	frisassem
Future	frisar	frisares	frisar	frisarmos	frisardes	frisarem
Imperative
Affirmative		frisa	frise	frisemos	frisai	frisem
Negative (não)		não frises	não frise	não frisemos	não friseis	não frisem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “frisar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “frisar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾiˈsaɾ/ [fɾiˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fri‧sar

Etymology 1

From frisa.

Verb

frisar (first-person singular present friso, first-person singular preterite frisé, past participle frisado)

1. to approach, to border on (of age, etc.)
2. (intransitive) to get along with (someone)

   Synonym: congeniar

3. (hair) to curl, crimp

Conjugation

    Conjugation of frisar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			frisar
gerund			frisando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		frisado		frisada
		plural		frisados		frisadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	friso	frisastú frisásvos	frisa	frisamos	frisáis	frisan
	imperfect	frisaba	frisabas	frisaba	frisábamos	frisabais	frisaban
	preterite	frisé	frisaste	frisó	frisamos	frisasteis	frisaron
	future	frisaré	frisarás	frisará	frisaremos	frisaréis	frisarán
	conditional	frisaría	frisarías	frisaría	frisaríamos	frisaríais	frisarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	frise	frisestú frisésvos2	frise	frisemos	friséis	frisen
	imperfect (ra)	frisara	frisaras	frisara	frisáramos	frisarais	frisaran
	imperfect (se)	frisase	frisases	frisase	frisásemos	frisaseis	frisasen
	future1	frisare	frisares	frisare	frisáremos	frisareis	frisaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		frisatú frisávos	frise	frisemos	frisad	frisen
	negative		no frises	no frise	no frisemos	no friséis	no frisen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of frisar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive frisar
	dative	frisarme	frisarte	frisarle, frisarse	frisarnos	frisaros	frisarles, frisarse
	accusative	frisarme	frisarte	frisarlo, frisarla, frisarse	frisarnos	frisaros	frisarlos, frisarlas, frisarse
with gerund frisando
	dative	frisándome	frisándote	frisándole, frisándose	frisándonos	frisándoos	frisándoles, frisándose
	accusative	frisándome	frisándote	frisándolo, frisándola, frisándose	frisándonos	frisándoos	frisándolos, frisándolas, frisándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative frisa
	dative	frísame	frísate	frísale	frísanos	not used	frísales
	accusative	frísame	frísate	frísalo, frísala	frísanos	not used	frísalos, frísalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative frisá
	dative	frisame	frisate	frisale	frisanos	not used	frisales
	accusative	frisame	frisate	frisalo, frisala	frisanos	not used	frisalos, frisalas
with formal second-person singular imperative frise
	dative	fríseme	not used	frísele, frísese	frísenos	not used	fríseles
	accusative	fríseme	not used	fríselo, frísela, frísese	frísenos	not used	fríselos, fríselas
with first-person plural imperative frisemos
	dative	not used	frisémoste	frisémosle	frisémonos	frisémoos	frisémosles
	accusative	not used	frisémoste	frisémoslo, frisémosla	frisémonos	frisémoos	frisémoslos, frisémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative frisad
	dative	frisadme	not used	frisadle	frisadnos	frisaos	frisadles
	accusative	frisadme	not used	frisadlo, frisadla	frisadnos	frisaos	frisadlos, frisadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative frisen
	dative	frísenme	not used	frísenle	frísennos	not used	frísenles, frísense
	accusative	frísenme	not used	frísenlo, frísenla	frísennos	not used	frísenlos, frísenlas, frísense

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *frictiāre, from Latin fricare. Doublet of frezar.

Verb

frisar (first-person singular present friso, first-person singular preterite frisé, past participle frisado)

1. to rub on

   Synonym: frotar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of frisar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			frisar
gerund			frisando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		frisado		frisada
		plural		frisados		frisadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	friso	frisastú frisásvos	frisa	frisamos	frisáis	frisan
	imperfect	frisaba	frisabas	frisaba	frisábamos	frisabais	frisaban
	preterite	frisé	frisaste	frisó	frisamos	frisasteis	frisaron
	future	frisaré	frisarás	frisará	frisaremos	frisaréis	frisarán
	conditional	frisaría	frisarías	frisaría	frisaríamos	frisaríais	frisarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	frise	frisestú frisésvos2	frise	frisemos	friséis	frisen
	imperfect (ra)	frisara	frisaras	frisara	frisáramos	frisarais	frisaran
	imperfect (se)	frisase	frisases	frisase	frisásemos	frisaseis	frisasen
	future1	frisare	frisares	frisare	frisáremos	frisareis	frisaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		frisatú frisávos	frise	frisemos	frisad	frisen
	negative		no frises	no frise	no frisemos	no friséis	no frisen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of frisar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive frisar
	dative	frisarme	frisarte	frisarle, frisarse	frisarnos	frisaros	frisarles, frisarse
	accusative	frisarme	frisarte	frisarlo, frisarla, frisarse	frisarnos	frisaros	frisarlos, frisarlas, frisarse
with gerund frisando
	dative	frisándome	frisándote	frisándole, frisándose	frisándonos	frisándoos	frisándoles, frisándose
	accusative	frisándome	frisándote	frisándolo, frisándola, frisándose	frisándonos	frisándoos	frisándolos, frisándolas, frisándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative frisa
	dative	frísame	frísate	frísale	frísanos	not used	frísales
	accusative	frísame	frísate	frísalo, frísala	frísanos	not used	frísalos, frísalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative frisá
	dative	frisame	frisate	frisale	frisanos	not used	frisales
	accusative	frisame	frisate	frisalo, frisala	frisanos	not used	frisalos, frisalas
with formal second-person singular imperative frise
	dative	fríseme	not used	frísele, frísese	frísenos	not used	fríseles
	accusative	fríseme	not used	fríselo, frísela, frísese	frísenos	not used	fríselos, fríselas
with first-person plural imperative frisemos
	dative	not used	frisémoste	frisémosle	frisémonos	frisémoos	frisémosles
	accusative	not used	frisémoste	frisémoslo, frisémosla	frisémonos	frisémoos	frisémoslos, frisémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative frisad
	dative	frisadme	not used	frisadle	frisadnos	frisaos	frisadles
	accusative	frisadme	not used	frisadlo, frisadla	frisadnos	frisaos	frisadlos, frisadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative frisen
	dative	frísenme	not used	frísenle	frísennos	not used	frísenles, frísense
	accusative	frísenme	not used	frísenlo, frísenla	frísennos	not used	frísenlos, frísenlas, frísense

Further reading

• “frisar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28