From Vulgar Latin *expaventāre, present active infinitive of *expaventō, derived from the present participle of Classical Latin expaveō. Compare Italian spaventare, Spanish, Portuguese, Occitan, and Catalan espantar, (also Catalan and Occitan espaventar), French épouvanter, also Romanian înspăimânta.
scantari
| infinitive | scantari | ||||||
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| gerund | scantannu | ||||||
| past participle | scantatu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | iu | tu | iddu/idda | nuàutri | vuàutri | iddi | |
| present | scantu | scanti | scanta | scantamu | scantati | scàntanu, scàntunu | |
| imperfect | scantava, scantavu | scantavi | scantava | scantàvamu | scantàvavu | scantàvanu, scantàvunu | |
| preterite | scantai | scantasti | scantau, scantò | scantammu, scantamu | scantàstivu | scantàrunu, scantaru | |
| future1 | scantirò, scantirogghiu | scantirai | scantirà | scantiremu | scantireti, scantiriti | scantirannu | |
| present perfect | Use the present indicative tense of aviri plus the past participle | ||||||
| past perfect | Use the imperfect indicative tense of aviri plus the past participle | ||||||
| conditional1 | iu | tu | iddu/idda | nuàutri | vuàutri | iddi | |
| present | scantirìa | scantirissi | scantirìa | scantirìamu | scantirìavu | scantirìanu | |
| past | Use the present conditional tense of aviri plus the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | iu | tu | iddu/idda | nuàutri | vuàutri | iddi | |
| present | scantu | scanti | scanta | scantamu | scantati | scàntanu, scàntunu | |
| imperfect | scantassi | scantassi | scantassi | scantàssimu | scantàssivu | scantàssiru | |
| present perfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of aviri plus the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | vossìa | nuàutri | vuàutri | – | |
| — | scanta | scantassi | scantamu | scantati | — | ||
| 1disused | |||||||