Possibly from Vulgar Latin *expa(v)orere or Latin expavēre, present active infinitive of expaveō, from Latin pavor. The exact development or derivation is unclear, however: proposals have included a root *exparere or *expavorāre. More likely, it was the result of confusion between or combination with several Latin roots. Compare Aromanian aspar, aspãreari, Megleno-Romanian spar, spăreari, Italian spaurire (“to scare”), spaurare; cf. also Portuguese espavorir, espavorecer, Occitan espavordir.
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a speria (third-person singular present sperie, past participle speriat) 1st conj.
infinitive | a speria | ||||||
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gerund | speriind | ||||||
past participle | speriat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | sperii | sperii | sperie | speriem | speriați | sperie | |
imperfect | speriam | speriai | speria | speriam | speriați | speriau | |
simple perfect | speriai | speriași | sperie | speriarăm | speriarăți | speriară | |
pluperfect | speriasem | speriaseși | speriase | speriaserăm | speriaserăți | speriaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să sperii | să sperii | să sperie | să speriem | să speriați | să sperie | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | sperie | speriați | |||||
negative | nu speria | nu speriați |