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1. past tense - froze; verb1) (to make into or become ice: It's so cold that the river has frozen over.) congelar2) ((of weather) to be at or below freezing-point: If it freezes again tonight all my plants will die.) helar3) (to make or be very cold: If you had stayed out all night in the snow you might have frozen to death (= died of exposure to cold).) helarse, congelarse (morirse de frío)4) (to make (food) very cold in order to preserve it: You can freeze the rest of that food and eat it later.) congelar5) (to make or become stiff, still or unable to move (with fear etc): She froze when she heard the strange noise.) quedarse inmóvil6) (to fix prices, wages etc at a certain level: If the situation does not improve, wages will be frozen again.) congelar
2. noun(a period of very cold weather when temperatures are below freezing-point: How long do you think the freeze will last?) helada- freezer- freezing
- frozen
- freezing-point
- freeze up
freeze vb helarse / congelarsetr[friːz]1 SMALLMETEOROLOGY/SMALL helada2 SMALLCOMMERCE/SMALL congelación nombre femenino1 (gen) congelar■ can you freeze fish? ¿se puede congelar el pescado?2 SMALLMETEOROLOGY/SMALL helar3 figurative use (stop suddenly) quedarse inmóvil, quedarse paralizado,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto freeze somebody's blood / make somebody's blood freeze hacer que se le hiela la sangre a alguiento freeze to death morirse de frío1) : congelarse, helarsethe water froze in the lake: el agua se congeló en el lagomy blood froze: se me heló la sangreI'm freezing: me estoy helando2) stop: quedarse inmóvilfreeze vt: helar, congelar (líquidos), congelar (alimentos, precios, activos)freeze n1) frost: helada f2) freezing: congelación f, congelamiento mn.• congelación s.f.• helada s.f. (Computing)v.(§ p.,p.p.: froze, frozen) = inmovilizar v.v.(§ p.,p.p.: froze, frozen) = bloquear v.• congelar v.• escarchar v.• helar v.
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1. friːz1) \<\<pipe/lock/ground/person\>\> helarse*, congelarseto freeze to death — morir* congelado
I'm freezing! — estoy helado!, me estoy muriendo de frío!
2) ( stand still) quedarse inmóvil, paralizarse*3) ( Culin)
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vt1)a) ( turn to ice) \<\<water/stream\>\> helar*, congelarb) ( ice up) \<\<pipe/mechanism\>\> helar*2)a) ( preserve in freezer) congelarb) ( anesthetize) anestesiar3) ( Fin) \<\<assets/account/prices\>\> congelar
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v impers helar*, haber* heladaPhrasal Verbs:
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noun (limitation, stoppage) congelación f[friːz] (pt froze) (pp frozen)a wage/price freeze — una congelación salarial/de precios
1. VT1) (lit) [+ water] helar; [+ food] congelar2) (fig) [+ prices, wages, assets] congelar2. VI1) (gen) helarse, congelarse2) (=be motionless) quedarse inmóvilfreeze! — ¡no te muevas!
3. N1) (Met) helada f2) [of prices, wages etc] congelación f* * *
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1. [friːz]1) \<\<pipe/lock/ground/person\>\> helarse*, congelarseto freeze to death — morir* congelado
I'm freezing! — estoy helado!, me estoy muriendo de frío!
2) ( stand still) quedarse inmóvil, paralizarse*3) ( Culin)
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vt1)a) ( turn to ice) \<\<water/stream\>\> helar*, congelarb) ( ice up) \<\<pipe/mechanism\>\> helar*2)a) ( preserve in freezer) congelarb) ( anesthetize) anestesiar3) ( Fin) \<\<assets/account/prices\>\> congelar
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v impers helar*, haber* heladaPhrasal Verbs:
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noun (limitation, stoppage) congelación fa wage/price freeze — una congelación salarial/de precios
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