petrificación
Spanish, noun/petɾifikaˈθjon/
petrificación is spelled P-E-T-R-I-F-I-C-A-C-I-Ó-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish, the 172,602nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Petrificación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “petrifaction, petrification” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “conversión de cualquier material en piedra”.
What does petrificación mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepetrifaction, petrification
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conversión de cualquier material en piedra.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of petrificación
- petrificaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce petrificación?
- /petɾifikaˈθjon/
- [pe.t̪ɾi.fi.kaˈθjõn]
- /petɾifikaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to petrificación
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is petrificación in Spanish?
petrificación appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).