spaimă

See also: spaima

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *expavīmen, from Latin expavere, from pavor (“fear”). Or possibly has a connection to spasma, spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós, “spasm, convulsion”).

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Noun

spaimă f (plural spaime)

1. fear, terror, fright, horror, dread

   Synonyms: frică, teamă

Declension

Declension of spaimă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) spaimă	spaima	(niște) spaime	spaimele
genitive/dative	(unei) spaime	spaimei	(unor) spaime	spaimelor
vocative	spaimă, spaimo		spaimelor

Related terms

• înspăimânta
• înspăimântare
• înspăimântat