espantar

• espaventar

From older espaventar, from Vulgar Latin *expaventāre, present active infinitive of *expaventō, derived from the present participle of Classical Latin expaveō. Compare Occitan, Spanish, and Portuguese espantar, Italian spaventare, French épouvanter.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əs.pənˈta/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /es.panˈtaɾ/

espantar (first-person singular present espanto, past participle espantat)

1. to scare, frighten
2. to scare away, drive off

• “espantar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “espantar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “espantar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “espantar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese espantar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *expaventāre, present active infinitive of *expaventō, derived from the present participle of Classical Latin expaveō. Compare Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan espantar, Italian spaventare, French épouvanter.

• IPA^(key): /espanˈtaɾ/

espantar (first-person singular present espanto, first-person singular preterite espantei, past participle espantado)

1. (transitive) to frighten, to scare; to terrify
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get frightened
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 117:

     aos soes das cãpaynas et ante a semelduẽ das carãtonas, que erã moy feas, espantarõse os caualos dos caualeiros de Calrros et começarõ de fogir cõ grã medo

     at the sound of the bells and because of the looks of the masks, which were very ugly, Charlemagne's knights' horses got frightened and began to flee with great fear

   Synonyms: asustar, atemorizar

3. to chase off; to shoo; to drive away

   Synonyms: axotar, correr, escorrentar

• espanto
• pavor

• “espantar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “espant” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “espantar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “espantar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “espantar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Vulgar Latin *expaventāre, derived from the present participle of Classical Latin expaveō.

espantar (Latin spelling)

1. to scare

• espantarse

• espaventar

From espaventar, from Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *expaventāre, present active infinitive of *expaventō, derived from the present participle of Classical Latin expaveō.

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espantar

1. to terrify

From Old Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *expaventāre, derived from the present participle of Classical Latin expaveō. Compare Spanish and Catalan espantar, Italian spaventare, French épouvanter.

espantar (first-person singular present espanto, first-person singular preterite espantei, past participle espantado)

1. to terrify, to frighten

   Synonyms: assustar, atemorizar

2. to chase off, to shoo

   Synonyms: afugentar, enxotar

3. (figuratively) to surprise, to astonish

   Synonyms: pasmar, maravilhar, surpreender

From Vulgar Latin *expaventāre, present active infinitive of *expaventō, derived from the present participle of Classical Latin expaveō. Compare Portuguese and Catalan espantar, Italian spaventare, French épouvanter, also Romanian înspăimânta.

• IPA^(key): /espanˈtaɾ/ [es.pãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧pan‧tar

espantar (first-person singular present espanto, first-person singular preterite espanté, past participle espantado)

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

   Synonyms: asustar, atemorizar; see also Thesaurus:asustar

2. (transitive) to scare away, to scare off, to chase away, to drive away, to frighten away, to frighten off

• el burro delante, para que no se espante
• espantapájaros
• espantasuegras
• espantaviejas

• espanto
• espantadizo

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