espanto

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See also: espantó

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

espanto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of espantar

Galician

Etymology 1

Deverbal from espantar.

Pronunciation

Noun

espanto m (plural espantos)

  1. fright, terror
  2. atrocity

References

  • “espanto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “espanto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “espanto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “espanto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Etymology 2

Verb

espanto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of espantar

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈspan.to/
  • Rhymes: -anto
  • Hyphenation: e‧spàn‧to

Participle

espanto (feminine espanta, masculine plural espanti, feminine plural espante)

  1. past participle of espandere

Anagrams

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃tu
  • Hyphenation: es‧pan‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from espantar.

Noun

espanto m (plural espantos)

  1. astonishment, amazement
  2. wonder

Etymology 2

Verb

espanto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of espantar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈpanto/
  • Rhymes: -anto
  • Syllabification: es‧pan‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from espantar (“to scare”).

Noun

espanto m (plural espantos)

  1. fright
  2. ghost
  3. horror, dread
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

espanto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of espantar

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