petrificar
Asturian
Verb
petrificar (first-person singular indicative present petrifico, past participle petrificáu)
- 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)
- (transitive) to petrify
Conjugation
Related terms
Further reading
- “petrificar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
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)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
- 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)
- (transitive) to petrify
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive petrificar | |||||||
| dative | petrificarme | petrificarte | petrificarle, petrificarse | petrificarnos | petrificaros | petrificarles, petrificarse | |
| accusative | petrificarme | petrificarte | petrificarlo, petrificarla, petrificarse | petrificarnos | petrificaros | petrificarlos, petrificarlas, petrificarse | |
| with gerund petrificando | |||||||
| dative | petrificándome | petrificándote | petrificándole, petrificándose | petrificándonos | petrificándoos | petrificándoles, petrificándose | |
| accusative | petrificándome | petrificándote | petrificándolo, petrificándola, petrificándose | petrificándonos | petrificándoos | petrificándolos, petrificándolas, petrificándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative petrifica | |||||||
| dative | petrifícame | petrifícate | petrifícale | petrifícanos | not used | petrifícales | |
| accusative | petrifícame | petrifícate | petrifícalo, petrifícala | petrifícanos | not used | petrifícalos, petrifícalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative petrificá | |||||||
| dative | petrificame | petrificate | petrificale | petrificanos | not used | petrificales | |
| accusative | petrificame | petrificate | petrificalo, petrificala | petrificanos | not used | petrificalos, petrificalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative petrifique | |||||||
| dative | petrifíqueme | not used | petrifíquele, petrifíquese | petrifíquenos | not used | petrifíqueles | |
| accusative | petrifíqueme | not used | petrifíquelo, petrifíquela, petrifíquese | petrifíquenos | not used | petrifíquelos, petrifíquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative petrifiquemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | petrifiquémoste | petrifiquémosle | petrifiquémonos | petrifiquémoos | petrifiquémosles | |
| accusative | not used | petrifiquémoste | petrifiquémoslo, petrifiquémosla | petrifiquémonos | petrifiquémoos | petrifiquémoslos, petrifiquémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative petrificad | |||||||
| dative | petrificadme | not used | petrificadle | petrificadnos | petrificaos | petrificadles | |
| accusative | petrificadme | not used | petrificadlo, petrificadla | petrificadnos | petrificaos | petrificadlos, petrificadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative petrifiquen | |||||||
| dative | petrifíquenme | not used | petrifíquenle | petrifíquennos | not used | petrifíquenles, petrifíquense | |
| accusative | petrifíquenme | not used | petrifíquenlo, petrifíquenla | petrifíquennos | not used | petrifíquenlos, petrifíquenlas, petrifíquense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “petrificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014