Hardened in spanish
Curtido
pronunciation: kuɹ̩tidoʊ part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: kuɹ̩tidoʊ part of speech: adjective
In gestures
harden = endurecer, osificar. [Pincha en para ver otras palabras que terminan con el sufijo "-en" añadido a nombres y adjetivos para formar generalmente verbos]
Example: Plaster was mixed with water and poured over the type, and allowed to set; when it had hardened it was lifted off the page (the oil preventing it from sticking to the type), and baked hard in an oven.more:
» harden + Posesivo + character = endurecer + Posesivo + carácter.
Example: In doing so he provided Muscovites with more than a means of transportation around the capital; he gave them a chance to harden their characters, to temper their spirits in the forge of Soviet misanthropy.hardened1 = endurecido.
Example: The author describes the use of an enzyme poultice for removing brittle and hardened starch locally with a minimum of moisture.more:
» become hardened to = volverse insensible a, acostumbrarse a no sentir.
Example: Anne herself had become hardened to such affronts; but she felt the imprudence of the arrangement quite keenly = La propia Anne se había vuelto insensible a este tipo de ofensas, aunque la imprudencia del plan le hizo sentir profundamente dolida.hardened2 = empedernido, habitual, curtido, aguerrido.
Example: There is a shift from considering children as innocent victims to viewing them as hardened criminals on a par with adults who commit similar acts.more:
» battle-hardened = aguerrido, avezado en la guerra, curtido por la guerra, fogueado.
Example: The Ethiopian soldiers fighting in Somalia are part of a much larger military force that is battle-hardened by major cross-border wars.