She watched the gardens grow, and she watched the apples turn red and ripen.
Source: tatoeba (316176)
Ripen
//ˈɹaɪpən//
Synonyms for "ripen" (77 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (38)
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1 entriesderived
11 entriesderived from
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
114 translations across 58 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- ndulk verb (to grow ripe)
Arabic
3 entries- طاب verb (to grow ripe)
- نَضَجَ verb (to grow ripe)
- يَنَعَ verb (to grow ripe)
Armenian
1 entries- հասնել verb (to grow ripe)
Aromanian
1 entries- coc verb (to grow ripe)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- bozarmaq verb (to grow ripe)
- bozartmaq verb (to cause to mature; to make ripe)
- dəymək verb (to grow ripe)
- kamala yetişmək verb (to approach or come to perfection)
Balinese
1 entries- nasak verb (to grow ripe)
Basque
1 entries- heldu verb (to grow ripe)
Belarusian
1 entries- спець verb (to grow ripe)
Bulgarian
2 entries- зре́я verb (to grow ripe)
- узря́вам verb (to grow ripe)
Catalan
2 entries- madurar verb (to grow ripe)
- madurar verb (to cause to mature; to make ripe)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎬᏂᏍᎦ verb (to grow ripe)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 成熟 verb (to grow ripe)
Czech
2 entries- dozrát verb (to grow ripe)
- zrát verb (to grow ripe)
Dutch
1 entries- rijpen verb (to grow ripe)
Esperanto
1 entries- maturiĝi verb (to grow ripe)
Finnish
4 entries- kypsytellä verb (to bring to perfection)
- kypsyttää verb (to cause to mature; to make ripe)
- kypsyttää verb (to bring to perfection)
- kypsyä verb (to grow ripe)
French
4 entries- amener à maturité verb (to bring to perfection)
- faire mûrir verb (to cause to mature; to make ripe)
- faire mûrir verb (to bring to perfection)
- mûrir verb (to grow ripe)
Galician
1 entries- madurar verb (to grow ripe)
German
2 entries- ausreifen verb (to approach or come to perfection)
- reifen verb (to grow ripe)
Hebrew
1 entries- הבשיל verb (to grow ripe)
Hungarian
2 entries- érik verb (to grow ripe)
- érlel verb (to cause to mature; to make ripe)
Ingrian
1 entries- valmistua verb (to grow ripe)
Irish
2 entries- aibigh verb (to grow ripe)
- aibigh verb (to cause to mature; to make ripe)
Italian
1 entries- maturare verb (to grow ripe)
Japanese
2 entries- 成熟する verb (to grow ripe)
- 熟す verb (to grow ripe)
Khmer
1 entries- ទុំ verb (to grow ripe)
Korean
2 entries- 숙성되다 verb (to grow ripe)
- 숙성시키다 verb (to cause to mature; to make ripe)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- бышуу verb (to grow ripe)
Latin
2 entries- mātūrescō verb (to grow ripe)
- mītigō verb (to cause to mature; to make ripe)
Macedonian
1 entries- зрее verb (to grow ripe)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡠᡵᡝᠮᠪᡳ verb (to grow ripe)
Mpade
1 entries- na verb (to grow ripe)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- modne verb (to cause to mature; to make ripe)
- modnes verb (to grow ripe)
Occitan
4 entries- amadurar verb (to grow ripe)
- amadurar verb (to approach or come to perfection)
- amadurar verb (to cause to mature; to make ripe)
- amadurar verb (to bring to perfection)
Old English
1 entries- fealwian verb (to grow ripe)
Polish
2 entries- dojrzewać verb (to grow ripe)
- dojrzeć verb (to grow ripe)
Portuguese
4 entries- amadurecer verb (to grow ripe)
- amadurecer verb (to approach or come to perfection)
- amadurecer verb (to cause to mature; to make ripe)
- madurar verb (to grow ripe)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਪੱਕਣਾ verb (to grow ripe)
Quechua
2 entries- puquy verb (to grow ripe)
- susuy verb (to grow ripe)
Romanian
1 entries- coace verb (to grow ripe)
Russian
4 entries- зреть verb (to grow ripe)
- поспе́ть verb (to grow ripe)
- поспева́ть verb (to grow ripe)
- созре́ть verb (to grow ripe)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- zreti verb (to grow ripe)
- зрети verb (to grow ripe)
Slovak
2 entries- dozrieť verb (to grow ripe)
- zrieť verb (to grow ripe)
Slovene
1 entries- zoreti verb (to grow ripe)
Southern Altai
1 entries- быжар verb (to grow ripe)
Spanish
3 entries- colorear verb (to grow ripe)
- jechar verb (to grow ripe)
- madurar verb (to grow ripe)
Swedish
1 entries- mogna verb (to grow ripe)
Tamil
1 entries- பழு verb (to grow ripe)
Telugu
2 entries- పండించు verb (to grow ripe)
- పండించు verb (to cause to mature; to make ripe)
Tetum
1 entries- tasak verb (to grow ripe)
Thai
1 entries- บ่ม verb (to cause to mature; to make ripe)
Tocharian A
1 entries- päk verb (to grow ripe)
Tocharian B
1 entries- päk verb (to grow ripe)
Turkish
3 entries- olgunlaşmak verb (to grow ripe)
- olgunlaşmak verb (to approach or come to perfection)
- olgunlaşmak verb (to cause to mature; to make ripe)
Ukrainian
2 entries- дозріва́ти verb (to grow ripe)
- зрі́ти verb (to grow ripe)
Walloon
2 entries- mawri verb (to grow ripe)
- meuri verb (to grow ripe)
Welsh
1 entries- aeddfedu verb (to grow ripe)
Yakut
1 entries- бус verb (to grow ripe)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
We hope that the jabuticabas ripen soon.
Source: tatoeba (1225332)
No thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
Source: tatoeba (6203098)
Bananas ripen quickly.
Source: tatoeba (6574098)
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