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stiffening:
- endurecimiento; entumecimiento
stiffen:
- quedarse rígido; agarrotarse; inmobilizarse; agarrotar; atiesar; entumecerse; anquilosarse; poner rígido
Wiktionary:
- stiffen → atiesar, entiesar, endurecer, atiesarse, entiesarse, endurecerse
- stiffen → entumecer

English

Detailed Translations for stiffening from English to Spanish

stiffening:

stiffening [the ~] noun

the stiffening (rigor mortis; numbness)
el endurecimiento; el entumecimiento
- endurecimiento [el ~] noun
- entumecimiento [el ~] noun

Translation Matrix for stiffening:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
endurecimiento	numbness; rigor mortis; stiffening	affirmation; amplification; confirmation; consolidation; fortification; hardening; intensification; making resistant; making withstand; reinforcement; strengthening; toughness
entumecimiento	numbness; rigor mortis; stiffening	numbness; stiffness
-	rigidification; rigidifying

Related Words for "stiffening":

stiffen

Synonyms for "stiffening":

procedure; process
rigidifying; rigidification; natural process; natural action; action; activity

Related Definitions for "stiffening":

the act of becoming stiff¹
- stiffening his shoulders, he prepared to advance¹
the process of becoming stiff or rigid¹

stiffening form of stiffen:

stiffen verb

stiffen
quedarse rígido; agarrotarse; inmobilizarse
- quedarse rígido verb
- agarrotarse verb
- inmobilizarse verb
stiffen (starch)
agarrotar; atiesar; entumecerse; anquilosarse; quedarse rígido; poner rígido
- agarrotar verb
- atiesar verb
- entumecerse verb
- anquilosarse verb
- quedarse rígido verb
- poner rígido verb

Translation Matrix for stiffen:

Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
agarrotar	starch; stiffen	bind; bind fast; bind up; fasten; join; pinion; tie; tie up
agarrotarse	stiffen	clasp; clutch; grasp; grip; seize
anquilosarse	starch; stiffen
atiesar	starch; stiffen	coagulate; curdle
entumecerse	starch; stiffen
inmobilizarse	stiffen
poner rígido	starch; stiffen
quedarse rígido	starch; stiffen
-	constrain; tighten; tighten up

Related Words for "stiffen":

stiffening, stiff

Synonyms for "stiffen":

change
alter; modify
tighten; tighten up; constrain; restrict; restrain; trammel; limit; bound; confine; throttle

Antonyms for "stiffen":

loosen

Related Definitions for "stiffen":

make stiff or stiffer¹
become stiff or stiffer¹
- He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room¹
restrict¹
- stiffen the regulations¹

Wiktionary Translations for stiffen:

stiffen

verb

to make stiff
- stiffen → atiesar; entiesar; endurecer
to become stiff
- stiffen → atiesarse; entiesarse; endurecerse
-
- stiffen → atiesar; endurecer

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• stiffen	→ entumecer	↔ verstijven — stijf worden

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University