paventare

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *paventāre, derived from pavēns, present active participle of paveō (to be struck with fear; to fear).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.venˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ven‧tà‧re

Verb

paventàre (first-person singular present pavènto, first-person singular past historic paventài, past participle paventàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to dread; to fear
    Synonym: temere
    • 2020 September 19, “Corte Suprema Usa, Trump apre lo scontro: "Procedere senza indugi alla nuova nomina"”, in la Repubblica:
      Una possibilità paventata anche dalla Ginsburg, che negli ultimi mesi, nonostante avesse ripreso, per la quinta volta, la battaglia contro il cancro, ha sempre continuato a svolgere la sua attività in seno alla Corte.
      A possibility feared also by Ginsburg, who in recent months, despite having resumed, for the fifth time, the battle against cancer, has always continued to carry out her activities within the Court.
  2. (intransitive, literary) to dread
  3. (intransitive, regional) to shy (of an animal)
    Synonym: imbizzarrirsi
  4. (intransitive, rare) to suspect

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