acobardar

From a- +‎ cobarde (“coward”) +‎ -ar.

acobardar (first-person singular present acobardo, first-person singular preterite acobardei, past participle acobardado)

1. to frighten

From a- +‎ cobarde (“coward”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /akobaɾˈdaɾ/ [a.ko.β̞aɾˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧co‧bar‧dar

acobardar (first-person singular present acobardo, first-person singular preterite acobardé, past participle acobardado)

1. (transitive) to daunt, to frighten, to scare

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:asustar

2. (reflexive) to be frightened, scared, daunted

   Synonym: asustarse

3. (reflexive) to cower

• acobardamiento

• achicarse
• ciscarse

• “acobardar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014