Asturian

Verb

petrificar (first-person singular indicative present petrifiquo, past participle petrificáu)

1. petrify (to harden organic matter by depositing dissolved minerals)

Conjugation

Portuguese

Verb

petrificar ‎(first-person singular present indicative petrifico, past participle petrificado)

1. (transitive) to petrify, to produce rigidity

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin petrificare ‎(“to petrifiy”), from the compounding of petra ‎(“stone, rock”) and -ficare, a suffix from facere ‎(“to make”). The term petra is from Ancient Greek πέτρα ‎(pétra, “stone, rock”), from Proto-Indo-European *per ‎(“to pass over, to lead”).

Verb

petrificar ‎(first-person singular present petrifico, first-person singular preterite petrifiqué, past participle petrificado)

1. (transitive) to petrify

Conjugation

• c becomes qu before e.