espantar

• espaventar

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

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

espantar (first-person singular present espanto, first-person singular preterite espantí, 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, 2024
• “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-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

   Synonyms: asustar, atemorizar

   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, 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

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 Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “espantar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “espantar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “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 Galician-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

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.

• 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

• → Neapolitan: spantare

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