petrificación

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /petɾifikaˈθjon/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /petɾifikaˈsjon/
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: pe‧tri‧fi‧ca‧ción

Noun

petrificación f (plural petrificaciones)

  1. petrifaction, petrification
    • 2015 October 27, “Columna”, in El País:
      El proyecto abortado de Arantza Quiroga apunta a la línea de flotación de una estética de poder que ha definido la legislatura de Rajoy, fundamentada en la petrificación de los problemas, lo estático como único movimiento y permitir que los conflictos se pudran bajo la autoridad de la gimnasia pasiva.
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