petrificar

Asturian

Verb

petrificar (first-person singular indicative present petrifico, past participle petrificáu)

  1. petrify (to harden organic matter by depositing dissolved minerals)

Conjugation

Galician

Verb

petrificar (first-person singular present petrifico, first-person singular preterite petrifiquei, past participle petrificado)

  1. (transitive) to petrify

Conjugation

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pe.tɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [pe.tɾi.fiˈka(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /pe.tɾi.fiˈka(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pe.tɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [pe.tɾi.fiˈka(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pe.tɾi.fiˈka(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨ.tɾi.fiˈkaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨ.tɾi.fiˈka.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: pe‧tri‧fi‧car

Verb

petrificar (first-person singular present petrifico, first-person singular preterite petrifiquei, past participle petrificado)

  1. (transitive) to petrify, to produce rigidity

Conjugation

  • petrificação

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin petrificāre (to petrify), from the compounding of petra (stone, rock) and -ficō, a suffix from faciō (to make). The term petra is from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, stone, rock); further etymology unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /petɾifiˈkaɾ/ [pe.t̪ɾi.fiˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pe‧tri‧fi‧car

Verb

petrificar (first-person singular present petrifico, first-person singular preterite petrifiqué, past participle petrificado)

  1. (transitive) to petrify

Conjugation

Further reading

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