hielo
ice
Reviewed by: David WestfallCofounder
Frozen water, and the chill it stands for
Encoding Strategies:
mnemonic
visual
hail
ice falling from the sky
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-o
noun suffix
Hielo means ice and sounds like the English word hail0, the ice that falls from the sky in a storm.
hielo
ice
Water that has gotten cold enough to turn hard and solid.
¿Me pones más hielo en el refresco?Can you put more ice in my soda?
El hielo del lago ya está lo bastante grueso para caminarThe ice on the lake is thick enough to walk on now
ice, frost (on a surface)
A thin layer of ice that forms on surfaces when it gets cold enough.
Hay hielo en la carretera, maneja despacioThere's ice on the road, drive slowly
El hielo cubría el parabrisas esta mañanaFrost covered the windshield this morning
coldness, frostiness (in feelings)
Coldness in the way someone treats you, the same chill applied to feelings instead of water.
Me recibió con un hielo que no esperabaShe greeted me with a coldness I wasn't expecting
Entre ellos hay un hielo desde la discusiónThere's been a frostiness between them since the argument
romper el hielo
to break the ice
To get past the stiffness at the start of a conversation or a gathering, as if the conversation was initially frozen solid and not flowing.
Conté un chiste para romper el hieloI told a joke to break the ice
El juego sirvió para romper el hielo entre los compañeros nuevosThe game helped break the ice among the new coworkers