pelästyttää — meaning in English

English meaning

• alarm noun A sound, signal, or device that warns of danger or draws attention to something needing action.
• scare noun A sudden fright, or an event that causes widespread alarm.
• spook noun A ghost or supernatural apparition.

Senses

pelästyttää is used for these senses in English:

• alarm (transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
• scare (intransitive) (To be able) to be scared.
• spook (transitive) To frighten or make nervous (especially by startling).

alarm — full definition

1. noun A sound, signal, or device that warns of danger or draws attention to something needing action.
2. noun A sudden feeling of fear or anxiety caused by a sense of danger.
3. verb To make someone worried or afraid, often by warning them of a danger.

scare — full definition

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

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