petrify
Significado (Inglés)
- (transitive) To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
- To produce rigidity akin to stone.
- To immobilize with fright.
- (intransitive) To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
- (figuratively, intransitive) To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
- (figuratively, transitive) To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.
Conceptos
volverse como piedra
lapidificar
hacer endurecer
endurecerse como piedra
Sinónimos
turn to stone
make hard
turn into stone
become rigid
be dumbfounded
Traducciones
petrificar
petrificar
taşlaşmak
verstenen
petrifizieren
se pétrifier
impietrare versteinern lassenPronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈpɛ.tɹəˌfaɪ/
Etimología (Inglés)
From Middle French pétrifier, from Medieval Latin petrificāre, from Latin petra (“rock”), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “rock”) + -ficāre, from facere (“do, make”), equivalent to petro- + -ify.
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