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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spaˈvɛn.to/
- Rhymes: -ɛnto
- Hyphenation: spa‧vèn‧to
Etymology 1
Deverbal from spaventare + -o.
Noun
spavento m (plural spaventi)
- fright, fear, scare, terror
- Synonyms: paura, timore
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
spavento
- first-person singular present indicative of spaventare
Further reading
- spavento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana