friddo

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Neapolitan

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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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

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  • 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