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1 endurecer
v.1 to harden.El aire endurece el concreto húmedo The air hardens wet concrete.2 to strengthen.3 to toughen, to make hard, to steel, to temper.Las penurias endurecen al individuo Hardship steels the individual.4 to increase.* * *1 to harden, make hard2 figurado to harden, toughen1 to become hardened, harden2 figurado to become tough, become hardened* * *verb* * *1. VT1) [+ material, sustancia] (=poner duro) to harden; (=hacer más resistente) to toughen2) [+ persona] (=curtir) to toughen up; (=volver insensible) to harden3) (Jur) [+ ley] to tighten, tighten up; [+ pena, castigo] to make more severehan endurecido la política antiterrorista — they've taken a tougher anti-terrorist line, they're toughening up on terrorism
proponen endurecer las medidas contra el fraude — they're proposing to take tougher o firmer measures against fraud
2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <arcilla/cemento> to harden; <músculos/uñas> to strengthen; < arterias> to harden2)a) <persona/carácter> ( volver insensible) to harden; ( fortalecer) to toughen... upb) <actitud/castigo> to toughen2.endurecerse v pronb) persona/carácter ( volverse insensible) to harden; ( fortalecerse) to toughen upc) facciones to become harder o harsher* * *= harden, stiffen, toughen, dehumanise [dehumanize, -USA].Ex. 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.Ex. Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.Ex. It contains a bevy of fearsomely feisty female archetypes removed from domestic obligations and toughened in the brutal setting of prison life.Ex. The first option means fighting the resistance, brutalizing, barbarizing and dehumanising both ourselves and our victims, and resulting, at best, in a desolate and desocialized state.----* endurecer el control = tighten (up) + control.* endurecerse = cake (up).* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <arcilla/cemento> to harden; <músculos/uñas> to strengthen; < arterias> to harden2)a) <persona/carácter> ( volver insensible) to harden; ( fortalecer) to toughen... upb) <actitud/castigo> to toughen2.endurecerse v pronb) persona/carácter ( volverse insensible) to harden; ( fortalecerse) to toughen upc) facciones to become harder o harsher* * *= harden, stiffen, toughen, dehumanise [dehumanize, -USA].Ex: 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.
Ex: Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.Ex: It contains a bevy of fearsomely feisty female archetypes removed from domestic obligations and toughened in the brutal setting of prison life.Ex: The first option means fighting the resistance, brutalizing, barbarizing and dehumanising both ourselves and our victims, and resulting, at best, in a desolate and desocialized state.* endurecer el control = tighten (up) + control.* endurecerse = cake (up).* * *endurecer [E3 ]vtA1 ‹arcilla› to harden; ‹cemento› to harden, setlo endurecen para que dure más it is toughened to last longer2 ‹músculos/uñas› to strengthen3 ‹arterias› to hardenB1 ‹persona/carácter› (volver insensible) to harden; (fortalecer) to toughen … upese corte te endurece las facciones that haircut makes your features look harsher2 ‹actitud› to toughenvamos a endurecer nuestra postura frente al terrorismo we are going to toughen our stance on o take a tougher line against terrorism1 «arcilla» to harden; «cemento» to set, harden2 «pan» to go stale3 «persona/carácter» (volverse insensible) to harden, become hard/harder; (fortalecerse) to toughen up, become tough/toughercon la vejez se le han endurecido las facciones his features have become harsher with age* * *
endurecer ( conjugate endurecer) verbo transitivo
1 ( en general) to harden
2 ‹persona/carácter› ( volver insensible) to harden;
( fortalecer) to toughen … up;
endurecerse verbo pronominal
[ pan] to go stale
( fortalecerse) to toughen up
endurecer verbo transitivo to harden: los problemas familiares endurecieron su carácter, he became distant and cold as a result of all the family conflicts
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English:
harden
- toughen
* * *♦ vt1. [hacer más duro] [pasta, mezcla, alimento] to harden2. [fortalecer] [persona] to toughen, to strengthen;[músculo] to strengthen3. [insensibilizar] to harden;el sufrimiento endureció su corazón suffering hardened his heart4. [hacer más severo] [ley, pena, requisitos] to toughen;[actitud, posturas] to harden* * *v/t harden; figtoughen up* * *endurecer {53} vt: to harden, to toughen* * *endurecer vb to harden
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