stiffen

English translation: a se crispa

17:58 Oct 6, 2008
Romanian to English translations [PRO]
Linguistics / Gramatică
Romanian term or phrase: stiffen
Ca verbum dicendi, ce valoare (nuanţă) are "stiffen" într-un dialog?
amelia_
English translation:a se crispa
Explanation:
E doar o interpretare. Se poate traduce si cu: "spuse ea crispandu-se", "spuse ea crispata"
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Nicoleta Negut
Local time: 19:37
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Mulţumesc.
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4 +3a se crispa
Nicoleta Negut
4 +2a se tensiona
Tatiana Welch


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a se crispa


Explanation:
E doar o interpretare. Se poate traduce si cu: "spuse ea crispandu-se", "spuse ea crispata"

Nicoleta Negut
Local time: 19:37
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Mulţumesc.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mihaela Ghiuzeli: Sure !
19 mins
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agree  Alina Weidell
1 hr
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agree  Bogdan Burghelea
9 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
a se tensiona


Explanation:
stiffen - (person: tense up) - a se tensiona vb.reflex.

TENSIONÁT, -Ă adj. (tehn.) întins (prin procedee mecanice). ♢ (fig.; despre o situaţie) încordat. ♢ (fig.; despre oameni) în stare de mare tensiune nervoasă. (< tensiona)


    Reference: http://dexonline.ro/search.php?cuv=tensionat
    Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/enro/stiffen
Tatiana Welch
United States
Local time: 16:37
Native speaker of: Romanian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mihaela Ghiuzeli: This one too. That's the idea.
12 mins
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agree  Alina Weidell: incordat poate merge mai bine
1 hr
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