Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

shrivels up (aici)

Romanian translation:

se strânge/ se contractă

Added to glossary by Anca Buzatu
Nov 11, 2007 18:54
16 yrs ago
English term

shrivels up

English to Romanian Science Botany Planta Morivivi
Este vorba despre o plantă specifică Republicii Dominicane, cu care se întâmplă "ceva" la atingere. Nu-mi dau seama exact ce: moare, se veştejeşte, se usucă sau doar se pliază, se închide:

"This plant is called the Morivivi plant. It ***shrivels up*** when touched and blooms again a short time after".

shriv·el [shrívv’l]
(past participle shriv·eled, present participle shriv·el·ing, 3rd person present singular shriv·els)
vti
1. shrink: to become or cause somebody or something to become shrunken or wrinkled, especially from drying out or aging
2. weaken: to become or cause somebody to become useless or ineffectual
3. become or make smaller: to become or cause something to become gradually smaller or less

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Proposed translations (Romanian)
3 +6 se strânge
Change log

Nov 11, 2007 22:57: Anca Buzatu changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/717283">Anca Buzatu's</a> old entry - "shrivels up (aici)"" to ""se strânge/ se contractă""

Discussion

Anca Buzatu (asker) Nov 11, 2007:
Mulţumesc Cristiana. Într-adevăr, despre mimoză pare să fie vorba.
Cristiana Coblis Nov 11, 2007:
MIMÓZĂ s.f. Gen de plante erbacee leguminoase exotice, cu flori mici roz sau albe. ♢ Mimoză senzitivă = plantă erbacee ale cărei frunze se strâng la cea mai mică atingere. [< fr., lat. mimosa < mimus – care se contractă ca un mim].
HTH

Proposed translations

+6
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se strânge

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Peer comment(s):

agree Claudia Anda-Maria Halas : vt/vi a (se) contracta; a (se) încreţi
10 mins
Mulţumesc, clauswe!
agree Cristiana Coblis : Morivivi este de fapt o mimoză :)
11 mins
Mulţumesc, Cristiana!
agree mistahara (X) : Mimosa pudica - http://images.google.ro/imgres?imgurl=http://www.killerplant...
12 mins
Mulţumesc, mista hara!
agree Veronica Manole (X)
3 hrs
agree Oana Ţica
14 hrs
agree MMFORREST
15 hrs
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