álgido

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin algidus (“very cold”). See also Spanish álgido, Italian algente (“cold (poetic)”) and English algor. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ál‧gi‧do === Adjective === álgido (feminine álgida, masculine plural álgidos, feminine plural álgidas) (poetic, literary) ice-cold Synonyms: frígido, gelado, gélido, glacial (medicine) algid ==== Derived terms ==== algidez === Further reading === “álgido”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “álgido”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “álgido”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin algidus (“very cold”), used in medical and poetic senses to describe coldness and stiffness. The figurative sense is perhaps derived from the frequently fatal algid stage of a fever (characterized by coldness as a result of shock). See also Italian algente (“cold”) and English algor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈalxido/ [ˈal.xi.ð̞o] Rhymes: -alxido Syllabification: ál‧gi‧do === Adjective === álgido (feminine álgida, masculine plural álgidos, feminine plural álgidas) (figurative) decisive, critical, pivotal (of a moment or event) Synonyms: crítico, culminante very cold (medicine) algid (low body temperature in connection with certain diseases) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN === Further reading === “álgido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025