épouvanter

Betekenis

to terrify, horrify

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/e.pu.vɑ̃.te/

Etimologie

Inherited from Old French espoenter, from Vulgar Latin *expaventāre, derived from the present participle of Classical Latin expaveō. Compare Occitan, Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese espantar, Italian spaventare, also Romanian înspăimânta.