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Portuguese
Etymology
Either from es- + pavor + -ar, or from a Vulgar Latin *expavorīre, from *pavorīre, from pavor.
Compare Italian spaurire, Occitan espavordir; cf. also Romanian speria.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: es‧pa‧vo‧rir
Verb
espavorir (no stressed present indicative or subjunctive, first-person singular preterite espavori, past participle espavorido)
- (transitive) to frighten
Conjugation
Quotations
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