spaventare
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *expaventāre, derived from the present participle of Classical Latin expaveō. Compare Spanish, Portuguese, Occitan, and Catalan espantar (also Catalan and Occitan espaventar); French épouvanter; Sicilian scantari; also Romanian înspăimânta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spa.venˈta.re/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: spa‧ven‧tà‧re
Verb
spaventàre (first-person singular present spavènto, first-person singular past historic spaventài, past participle spaventàto, auxiliary avére)
Conjugation
Descendants
- → Spanish: aspaventar
Further reading
- spaventare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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