Se enfrió hasta el punto de que lo cortamos.

The bread cooled to the point that we cut it.

Breakdown of Se enfrió hasta el punto de que lo cortamos.

• cortar: to cut
• enfriarse: to get cold
• hasta el punto de que: to the point that

Questions & Answers about Se enfrió hasta el punto de que lo cortamos.

Why is there se in se enfrió?

Because Spanish often uses the pronominal verb enfriarse to mean to get cold / to cool down.

• enfriar = to cool something
• enfriarse = to become cool / to get cold

So:

• Enfrié la sopa = I cooled the soup
• La sopa se enfrió = The soup cooled down

In your sentence, se enfrió shows that the subject underwent the change of temperature.

Is se reflexive here? Does it mean it cooled itself?

Not really. This is one of those cases where se is part of the verb rather than a truly reflexive idea.

A true reflexive verb would mean the subject does something to itself, like:

• Se lava = He washes himself

But se enfrió usually just means it got cold / it cooled down, not that it deliberately did something to itself.

What tense is enfrió?

Enfrió is the preterite, third person singular, of enfriarse / enfriar.

So it means that the cooling happened as a completed event in the past.

• se enfrió = it cooled down / it got cold

The preterite is used because the sentence presents this as a finished change that led to another finished action.

Why is it enfrió and not enfriaba?