espaventar — meaning in English

English meaning

• frighten verb To make someone feel afraid or alarmed; to scare.
• scare noun A sudden fright, or an event that causes widespread alarm.

Senses

espaventar is used for these senses in English:

• frighten (transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
• scare (intransitive) (To be able) to be scared.

frighten — full definition

1. verb To make someone feel afraid or alarmed; to scare.
2. verb To become afraid.

scare — full definition

1. noun A sudden fright, or an event that causes widespread alarm.
2. verb To frighten someone, often briefly or mildly.

Related Catalan words