speria

Romanian

Alternative forms

• spăria — regional

Etymology

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *expa(v)orere or Latin expavēre, present active infinitive of expaveō, from Latin pavor. The exact development or derivation is unclear, however: proposals have included a root *exparere or *expavorāre. More likely, it was the result of confusion between or combination with several Latin roots. Compare Aromanian aspar, aspãreari, Megleno-Romanian spar, spăreari, Italian spaurire (“to scare”), spaurare; cf. also Portuguese espavorir, espavorecer, Occitan espavordir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (most commonly) /speˈrja/, (prescribed) /spe.riˈa/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: spe‧ri‧a

Verb

a speria (third-person singular present sperie, past participle speriat) 1st conj.

1. (transitive) to scare, to frighten

   Synonym: (relatively literary) înspăimânta

2. (reflexive) to get scared, have a scare [with de ‘of’]

Conjugation

    conjugation of speria (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a speria
gerund			speriind
past participle			speriat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	sperii	sperii	sperie	speriem	speriați	sperie
	imperfect	speriam	speriai	speria	speriam	speriați	speriau
	simple perfect	speriai	speriași	sperie	speriarăm	speriarăți	speriară
	pluperfect	speriasem	speriaseși	speriase	speriaserăm	speriaserăți	speriaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să sperii	să sperii	să sperie	să speriem	să speriați	să sperie
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		sperie			speriați
	negative		nu speria			nu speriați

Derived terms

• speriere
• sperietoare
• sperietură

Related terms

• spăimânta
• spaimă

References

• speria in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)