harden

endurecer, endurecerse

Volverse firme, rígido o más resistente, o hacer que algo adquiera esas cualidades.

En inglés sencillo: To become firm, stiff, or harder to damage, or to make something become this way.

• Let the chocolate harden.
• Heating and cooling can harden steel.
• The glue hardened overnight.

Cómo se usa: harden into something (The wet clay hardened into a solid lump.)

Sinónimos: solidify, stiffen

Antónimos: soften

Expresiones frecuentes: harden something, harden into something, allow to harden

endurecerse

Volverse firme y difícil de doblar, comprimir o romper.

En inglés sencillo: To become firm and difficult to bend, press, or break.

• The glue will harden overnight.
• The clay hardened in the sun.
• Has the concrete hardened yet?

Sinónimos: set, solidify

Antónimos: soften

Expresiones frecuentes: harden overnight, harden completely