How is the word se ratatiner translated from French to English

English translation
Shrivel up
verb

devenir sec, ridé et rabougri

to become dry, wrinkled, and shrunken

Examples with “se ratatiner”

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  • Le fruit va se ratatiner s'il reste dehors trop longtemps. — The fruit will shrivel up if left out too long.

  • Les feuilles se sont-elles ratatinées pendant la sécheresse ? — Did the leaves shrivel up during the drought?

  • Garde les fleurs dans l'eau, je ne veux pas qu'elles se ratatinent. — Please keep the flowers in water; I don't want them to shrivel up.

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