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friolero

free-oh-LEH-roh[fɾjoˈleɾo]

someone who always feels the cold — nesh, as the North says

Closest in English: nesh, chilly, shivery. None of them covers it.

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A friolero digs the scarf out in September and nudges the thermostat up when nobody is looking. Spanish treats it as an ordinary word, and the north of England has its own: anyone in Stockport can tell you the friolero of the family is simply nesh.

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  1. Which language is it from?Spanish
  2. How does it sound to native speakers?An everyday word
  3. Where would you hear it?During the office thermostat war
  4. What does it mean?Someone who always feels the cold

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