spaventare
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *expaventāre, derived from the present participle of Classical Latin expaveō. Compare Spanish, Portuguese, Occitan, and Catalan espantar (also Catalan and Occitan espaventar); French épouvanter; Sicilian scantari; also Romanian înspăimânta.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editspaventàre (first-person singular present spavènto, first-person singular past historic spaventài, past participle spaventàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to frighten, scare, spook
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of spaventàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Spanish: aspaventar
Further reading
edit- spaventare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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