SPANISH VERBS: TIRITAR de frío (to shiver with cold)

tiritar is a verb that means 'to shake slightly and uncontrollably as a result of being cold, being frightened, excited, ill etc.

Hace tanto frío que estamos todos tiritando

(It’s so cold that we are all shivering)

EXAMPLES:

• Ella tiritaba de frío (She was shivering with cold)
• El niño tiene fiebre. Está tiritando (the child has a fever. He is shaking)

EXPRESIONES IDIOMATICAS:

tiritona s. f. fam. Temblor del cuerpo producido por el frío o la fiebre. Tiritera.

una tiritona is an informal expression meaning a "shivering fit", like probably you´ll ever have after swimming in cold water or also the "shake" you might feel whenever you have got high fever.

tener escalofrios: to get/have the shivers

tener la tiritona / la tiritera: (informal) to get/have the shivers

tengo escalofrios: I have the shivers

tengo la tiritona (familiar expression): I have the shivers