petrificar
Spanish, verb/petɾifiˈkaɾ/
petrificar is spelled P-E-T-R-I-F-I-C-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written Spanish, the 227,226th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Petrificar is a Spanish verb meaning “to petrify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Convertir en piedra”.
What does petrificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to petrify
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Convertir en piedra 2. Aumentar la dureza de un elemento más allá de su valor en condiciones estándar 3. Inmovilizar a alguien mediante algún tipo de estupor; generalmente miedo
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 petrificar
- petrifico first-person present singular
- petrifiqué first-person preterite singular
- petrificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- petrificando gerund
- petrificada feminine participle past
- petrificados masculine participle past
- petrificadas feminine participle past
- petrificas indicative informal present
- petrificás indicative informal present
- petrifica indicative present singular
- petrificamos first-person indicative plural
- petrificáis indicative plural present
- petrifican indicative plural present
- petrificaba first-person imperfect indicative
- petrificabas imperfect indicative second-person
- petrificábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- petrificabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce petrificar?
- /petɾifiˈkaɾ/
- [pe.t̪ɾi.fiˈkaɾ]
- [pet̪ɾifiˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to petrificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is petrificar in Spanish?
petrificar appears about once in every 41 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).