# frito
## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Latin frīctus, from frīgere (“to fry”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɾito̝/

#### Adjective

frito (feminine frita, masculine plural fritos, feminine plural fritas)
* fried
    Synonym: frixido

#### Participle

frito (feminine frita, masculine plural fritos, feminine plural fritas)
* (irregular) past participle of frixir

##### Derived terms

* fritir
* fritada
* fritura

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “frito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “frito”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “frito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “frito”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “frito”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

frito
* (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of fritir

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɾi.tu/
* Rhymes: -itu
* Hyphenation: fri‧to

### Etymology 1

Irregular past participle of frigir, corresponding to Latin frīctus.

#### Adjective

frito (feminine frita, masculine plural fritos, feminine plural fritas)
* (cooking) fried (cooked by frying)
* (colloquial) screwed (in unavoidable trouble)
    Synonyms: (vulgar) fodido, encrencado, (colloquial) ferrado

##### Related terms

* frigir
* frita
* fritação
* fritado
* fritar
* fritas
* fritura

#### Noun

frito m (plural fritos)
* (cooking, usually in the plural) fried food

#### Participle

frito (short participle, feminine frita, masculine plural fritos, feminine plural fritas)
* past participle of fritar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

frito
* first-person singular present indicative of fritar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɾito/ [ˈfɾi.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -ito
* Syllabification: fri‧to

### Etymology 1

Irregular past participle of freír (cf. freído), corresponding to Latin frīctus. After -ī-, Latin -ct- regularly corresponds to Spanish -t- (rather than Spanish -ch-).

#### Adjective

frito (feminine frita, masculine plural fritos, feminine plural fritas)
* fried
* (figurative, colloquial) broken, busted, screwed
* (figurative, colloquial) fed up

##### Derived terms

* arroz frito
* fritanga
* habas fritas
* huevo frito
* leche frita
* papa frita
* patata frita
* pollo frito
* quedarse frito

##### Related terms

* freír
* fritar
* fritura

##### Descendants

* Tagalog: prito
* Tausug: piritu

#### Noun

frito m (plural fritos)
* fry, fried dish

#### Verb

frito
* masculine singular past participle of freír

#### References

* ↑ Penny, R. (2002). A History of the Spanish Language. 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press. p. 70.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

frito
* first-person singular present indicative of fritar

### Further reading

* “frito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10