Petrify
//ˈpɛ.tɹəˌfaɪ//
Translations of "petrify" (26 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | πωρόω(to harden organic matter), πωρόω(to produce rigidity akin to stone) | pōróō, pōróō | |
| Asturian | petrificar(to harden organic matter) | — | |
| Bulgarian | вкаменявам(to harden organic matter), вкаменявам(to produce rigidity akin to stone), вкаменявам се(to become stone, or of a stony hardness), вкаменявам се(to become stony, callous, or obdurate), вцепенявам(to immobilize with fright) | vkamenjavam, vkamenjavam, vkamenjavam se, vkamenjavam se, vcepenjavam | |
| Catalan | petrificar(to harden organic matter), petrificar(to produce rigidity akin to stone), petrificar(to immobilize with fright) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 使发呆(to make callous or obdurate; to transform as by petrification), 石化(to become stone, or of a stony hardness) | shíhuà | |
| Danish | forstene(to harden organic matter), forstene(to produce rigidity akin to stone), forstene(to immobilize with fright) | — | |
| Dutch | verstarren(to immobilize with fright), verstenen(to harden organic matter), verstenen(to produce rigidity akin to stone), verstenen(to immobilize with fright) | — | |
| Finnish | jähmettää(to immobilize with fright), jähmettää(to make callous or obdurate; to transform as by petrification), kivettyä(to become stone, or of a stony hardness), kivettää(to harden organic matter), kivettää(to immobilize with fright), kovettaa(to produce rigidity akin to stone), kovettaa(to make callous or obdurate; to transform as by petrification), kovettua(to become stony, callous, or obdurate) | — | |
| French | pétrifier(to harden organic matter), pétrifier(to produce rigidity akin to stone), pétrifier(to immobilize with fright) | — | |
| Galician | petrificar(to harden organic matter), petrificar(to immobilize with fright) | — | |
| German | erstarren(to immobilize with fright), versteinern(to harden organic matter), versteinern(to produce rigidity akin to stone) | — | |
| Greek | απολιθώνω(to harden organic matter), απολιθώνω(to produce rigidity akin to stone) | apolithóno, apolithóno | |
| Hindi | पथराना(to produce rigidity akin to stone), पथराना(to become stone, or of a stony hardness) | pathrānā, pathrānā | |
| Italian | pietrificare(to harden organic matter) | — | |
| Japanese | 石化する(to harden organic matter) | sekika suru | |
| Latin | lapidesco(to become stone, or of a stony hardness) | — | |
| Polish | drętwieć(to immobilize with fright), lodowacieć(to immobilize with fright), zdrętwieć(to immobilize with fright), zlodowacieć(to immobilize with fright) | — | |
| Portuguese | petrificar(to harden organic matter), petrificar(to produce rigidity akin to stone), petrificar(to immobilize with fright) | — | |
| Romanian | petrifica(to harden organic matter), petrifica(to produce rigidity akin to stone), petrifica(to immobilize with fright), împietri(to immobilize with fright) | — | |
| Russian | камене́ть(to become stone, or of a stony hardness), камене́ть(to become stony, callous, or obdurate), окамене́ть(to become stone, or of a stony hardness), окамене́ть(to become stony, callous, or obdurate), превраща́ть в ка́мень(to harden organic matter) | kamenétʹ, kamenétʹ, okamenétʹ, okamenétʹ, prevraščátʹ v kámenʹ | |
| Spanish | petrificar(to harden organic matter), petrificar(to immobilize with fright) | — | |
| Swedish | förstena(to harden organic matter), förstena(to produce rigidity akin to stone), förstena(to immobilize with fright) | — | |
| Tagalog | nanigas(to immobilize with fright) | — | |
| Turkish | donakalmak(to immobilize with fright), taş kesilmek(to immobilize with fright), taşa dönmek(to harden organic matter), taşlaşmak(to harden organic matter), taşlaşmak(to immobilize with fright), taşlaşmak(to become stone, or of a stony hardness), taşlaştırmak(to produce rigidity akin to stone), taşlaştırmak(to make callous or obdurate; to transform as by petrification) | — | |
| Ukrainian | ціпені́ти(to immobilize with fright) | cipeníty | |
| Welsh | caregu(to harden organic matter), caregu(to produce rigidity akin to stone), caregu(to become stone, or of a stony hardness), fferru(to immobilize with fright), fferru(to become stone, or of a stony hardness) | — |
petrificar
вкаменявам, вкаменявам, вкаменявам се, вкаменявам се, вцепенявам
vkamenjavam, vkamenjavam, vkamenjavam se, vkamenjavam se, vcepenjavam
petrificar, petrificar, petrificar
forstene, forstene, forstene
verstarren, verstenen, verstenen, verstenen
jähmettää, jähmettää, kivettyä, kivettää, kivettää, kovettaa, kovettaa, kovettua
pétrifier, pétrifier, pétrifier
petrificar, petrificar
erstarren, versteinern, versteinern
pietrificare
lapidesco
drętwieć, lodowacieć, zdrętwieć, zlodowacieć
petrificar, petrificar, petrificar
petrifica, petrifica, petrifica, împietri
камене́ть, камене́ть, окамене́ть, окамене́ть, превраща́ть в ка́мень
kamenétʹ, kamenétʹ, okamenétʹ, okamenétʹ, prevraščátʹ v kámenʹ
petrificar, petrificar
förstena, förstena, förstena
nanigas
donakalmak, taş kesilmek, taşa dönmek, taşlaşmak, taşlaşmak, taşlaşmak, taşlaştırmak, taşlaştırmak
caregu, caregu, caregu, fferru, fferru
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