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petrify in Spanish

petrify in Spanish is petrificar — petrify means to turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.

petrify in Spanish

petrificar
verb

What does "petrify" mean?

  1. verb To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
  2. verb To make something stiff and hard, as if it had turned to stone.
  3. verb To make someone so frightened that they cannot move.
  4. verb To turn to stone, or to gain a stone-like hardness, as when organic material is transformed by calcareous deposits.
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What is "petrify" in Spanish?
"petrify" in Spanish is petrificar. petrify means: To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
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