petrificar

Asturian

Verb

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

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

Conjugation


Portuguese

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

  • petrificar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin petrificāre, present active infinitive of petrificō (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.

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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