espantar

Meaning

1. (transitive) to scare, to spook, to frighten
2. (transitive) to scare away, to scare off, to chase away, to drive away, to frighten away, to frighten off

Concepts

frighten

scare

😨

terrify

horrify

appal

startle

dismay

intimidate

fright

appall

affright

spook

ghost

👻

haunt

obsess

pall

scare away

shoo

terrorize

threaten

frighten off

scare off

cast down

dash

💨

daunt

deject

demoralise

demoralize

depress

dispirit

drive off

frighten away

get down

Synonyms

asustar

😨

amedrentar

atemorizar

😨

aterrorizar

horrorizar

dar miedo

ahuyentar

sobresaltar

intimidar

abatatar

acobardar

alarmar

alborotar

aterrar

merodear

rondar

hacer asustar

poner miedo a otros pers

horripilar

friquiar

abatir

siscar

asombrar

deprimir

fantasma

👻

irritar

lanzar

molestar

obsesionar

provocar

Translations

spaventare

effrayer

erschrecken

espantar

😨

intimorire

τρομάζω

épouvanter

korkutmak

impaurire

spaurire

assustar

😨

faire peur

esglaiar

φοβίζω

entsetzen

⚡

Hyphenated as

es‧pan‧tar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/espanˈtaɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: expaveō

Cognate with Portuguese: -

Cognate with Catalan: espantar

Cognate with Italian: spaventare

Cognate with French: épouvanter

Cognate with Romanian: înspăimânta

In summary

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