ghiacciato

icy

adjective gyaht-CHAH-toh Rare

Also means

frozen

Usage Note

Ghiacciato is the past participle of ghiacciare (to freeze/ice over), used as an adjective. It agrees in gender and number: ghiacciata, ghiacciati, ghiacciate. Note the spelling: ghi- keeps the hard 'g' before -a. It describes something literally icy (strada ghiacciata — icy road) or figuratively ice-cold (una birra ghiacciata — an ice-cold beer).

Examples

"Attenzione, la strada è ghiacciata stamattina."

Natural Translation

Careful, the road is icy this morning.

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