arrefecer

15th century. From Latin refrigescere (“to cool”).

• IPA^(key): /arefeˈθeɾ/, (western) /arefeˈseɾ/

arrefecer (first-person singular present arrefezo, first-person singular preterite arrefecín, past participle arrefecido)
arrefecer (first-person singular present arrefeço, first-person singular preterite arrefecim or arrefeci, past participle arrefecido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (intransitive) to cool, to cool down

   Synonyms: arrefriar, refrescar

   • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 65:

     Deuen guardar que non comia nen beua o Cauallo quando veer caente et suurento, et deuen no cubryr dalgũa quousa, et andar mansamente con el ataa que arrefeezca

     They should restrain the horse of eating or drinking when he comes hot and sweaty, and they should cover him with something and walk mildly with him until he cools down

2. (transitive) to cool, to cool down

   Synonym: arrefriar

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “arrefe”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arrefecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “arrefecer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “arrefecer” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arrefecer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From a- +‎ Old Galician-Portuguese refecer, from Latin refrīgēscere.

• Hyphenation: ar‧re‧fe‧cer

arrefecer (first-person singular present arrefeço, first-person singular preterite arrefeci, past participle arrefecido)

1. to cool

   Synonym: esfriar