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)

1. (intransitive) to cool, to cool down
   • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé(ed.), 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

   Synonyms: arrefriar, refrescar

2. (transitive) to cool, to cool down

   Synonym: arrefriar

• “arrefe” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “arrefecer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “arrefecer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “arrefecer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From a- +‎ Old Portuguese refecer, from Latin refrīgēscō.

• Hyphenation: ar‧re‧fe‧cer

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

1. to cool

   Synonym: esfriar