espantar.
to scare, to spook, to frighten
Meaning & usage
to scare, to spook, to frighten
to scare away, to scare off, to chase away, to drive away, to frighten away, to frighten off
Where this word comes from
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.
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