Meaning of cruaigh | Babel Free
Definitions
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to harden, stiffen, toughen, toughen up ambitransitive
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to set (solidify), firm up (become firmer in consistency), congeal intransitive
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to harden (become less sensitive), grow callous intransitive
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to become hard, difficult intransitive
Equivalents
Ελληνικά
σκληρύνω
Suomi
hyydyttää
hyytyä
jähmettää
jähmettyä
jäykistää
kangistaa
karkaista
karkaistua
kiinteyttää
kohmettua
konkretisoitua
koventaa
koventua
kovettaa
kovettua
lujittaa
lujittua
turruttaa
turtua
vahvistaa
vahvistua
Galego
endurecer
Italiano
indurirsi
Lëtzebuergesch
häerden
Te Reo Māori
whakatōpū
Русский
де́лать твёрдым
застывать
застыть
затвердевать
затвердеть
ожесточить
ожесточиться
сде́лать твёрдым
твердеть
ужесточа́ть
ужесточить
Svenska
stelna
ไทย
แข็งตัว
Tagalog
sasiksinin
Examples
“Chruaigh a chroí.”
His heart hardened, he grew hard-hearted
“Chruaigh an saol le linn an chogaidh.”
Life became hard during the war.
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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