Significado
petrify, freeze
- to paralyze or stun someone with intense fear or shock
- to turn organic matter into stone
En una frase
La notizia inaspettata ha pietrificato l'intera platea per diversi minuti.
The unexpected news stunned the entire audience into silence for several minutes.
È rimasto pietrificato dalla paura quando ha visto l'ombra nel corridoio.
He froze in fear when he saw the shadow in the hallway.
Un urlo improvviso non ti pietrificherebbe se fossi da solo al buio?
Wouldn't a sudden scream freeze you with fear if you were alone in the dark?
Formas de la palabra (48)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| pietrificare | infinitive |
| pietrifico | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| pietrifichi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pietrifica | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pietrifichiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| pietrificate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pietrificano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pietrificavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| pietrificavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| pietrificava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| pietrificavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| pietrificavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| pietrificavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| pietrificai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| pietrificasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| pietrificò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| pietrificammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| pietrificaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| pietrificarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| pietrificherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| pietrificherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| pietrificherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| pietrificheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| pietrificherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| pietrificheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| pietrifichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| pietrifichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pietrifichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pietrifichiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| pietrifichiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pietrifichino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pietrificassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| pietrificassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| pietrificasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| pietrificassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| pietrificaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| pietrificassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| pietrificherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| pietrificheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pietrificherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pietrificheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| pietrifichereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pietrificherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pietrifica | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| pietrifichiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| pietrificate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| pietrificando | gerund |
| pietrificato | past · participle |
Notas de uso
- Takes auxiliary 'avere' in active transitives; the reflexive/intransitive 'pietrificarsi' takes 'essere'.
- Most frequently encountered as the past participle 'pietrificato' (petrified, frozen).