espantar

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From older espaventar, from Old Occitan, 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.

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • espantar-se

Ladino

Etymology

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

Verb

espantar (Latin spelling)

  1. to scare

Derived terms

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Verb

espantar

  1. to terrify

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to terrify

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:espantar.

Spanish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /espanˈtaɾ/, [espãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
  • Audio (Argentina)(file)

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to scare
  2. (transitive) to drive away

Conjugation

        Conjugation of espantar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
    infinitive espantar
    gerund espantando
    past participle masculine feminine
    singular espantado espantada
    plural espantados espantadas
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    indicative yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present espanto espantastú
    espantásvos    		 espanta espantamos espantáis espantan
    imperfect espantaba espantabas espantaba espantábamos espantabais espantaban
    preterite espanté espantaste espantó espantamos espantasteis espantaron
    future espantaré espantarás espantará espantaremos espantaréis espantarán
    conditional espantaría espantarías espantaría espantaríamos espantaríais espantarían
    subjunctive yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present espante espantestú
    espantésvos2    		 espante espantemos espantéis espanten
    imperfect
    (ra)    		 espantara espantaras espantara espantáramos espantarais espantaran
    imperfect
    (se)    		 espantase espantases espantase espantásemos espantaseis espantasen
    future1 espantare espantares espantare espantáremos espantareis espantaren
    imperative — tú
    vos    		 usted nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ustedes
    affirmative espantatú
    espantávos    		 espante espantemos espantad espanten
    negative no espantes no espante no espantemos no espantéis no espanten
    • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
    • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
          Selected combined forms of espantaredit data

      These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

      singular plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      with infinitive espantar
      dative espantarme espantarte espantarle, espantarse espantarnos espantaros espantarles, espantarse
      accusative espantarme espantarte espantarlo, espantarla, espantarse espantarnos espantaros espantarlos, espantarlas, espantarse
      with gerund espantando
      dative espantándome espantándote espantándole, espantándose espantándonos espantándoos espantándoles, espantándose
      accusative espantándome espantándote espantándolo, espantándola, espantándose espantándonos espantándoos espantándolos, espantándolas, espantándose
      with informal second-person singular imperative espanta
      dative espántame espántate espántale espántanos not used espántales
      accusative espántame espántate espántalo, espántala espántanos not used espántalos, espántalas
      with formal second-person singular imperative espante
      dative espánteme not used espántele, espántese espántenos not used espánteles
      accusative espánteme not used espántelo, espántela, espántese espántenos not used espántelos, espántelas
      with first-person plural imperative espantemos
      dative not used espantémoste espantémosle espantémonos espantémoos espantémosles
      accusative not used espantémoste espantémoslo, espantémosla espantémonos espantémoos espantémoslos, espantémoslas
      with informal second-person plural imperative espantad
      dative espantadme not used espantadle espantadnos espantaos espantadles
      accusative espantadme not used espantadlo, espantadla espantadnos espantaos espantadlos, espantadlas
      with formal second-person plural imperative espanten
      dative espántenme not used espántenle espántennos not used espántenles, espántense
      accusative espántenme not used espántenlo, espántenla espántennos not used espántenlos, espántenlas, espántense

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