avere paura

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈve.re paˈu.ra/
• Hyphenation: a‧vé‧re‧pa‧ù‧ra

Verb

avére paura (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) hò paura, first-person singular past historic èbbi paura or ébbi paura, past participle avùto paura, first-person singular future avrò paura, first-person singular subjunctive àbbia paura, second-person singular imperative àbbi paura, auxiliary avére)

1. to be afraid

   Ho paura. ― I am afraid.

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• avé paura (alt. spelling)

Verb

avere paura

1. to fear, be afraid (of)

Synonyms

• metterse appaura