It all dependes on the context. Let me explain. We have in English the verb 'to freeze' which in Spanish would be 'congelar'. You can in English use "freezing" es in the expresion, "it's freezing", meaning 'it's very cold'. In Spanish, you would say 'Nos estamos congelando' o 'Hace mucho frio'.  You can also say, "Joe's freezing the porkchops to take to the picnick." That in Spanish would be, 'Joe esta congelando las chuletas para llevar al picknick'. So one has to be very careful using words from a language to another without knowing the context of the situation. That's why is so dangerous to try to translate a document using just a dictionary: The most funny things can happen and they usually do.