espavorir
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Either from es- + pavor + -ar, or from a Vulgar Latin *expavorīre, from *pavorīre, from pavor. Compare Italian spaurire, Occitan espavordir; cf. also Romanian speria.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: es‧pa‧vo‧rir
Verb
[edit]espavorir (no stressed present indicative or subjunctive, first-person singular preterite espavori, past participle espavorido)
- (transitive) to frighten
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of espavorir (defective) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:espavorir.
Related terms
[edit]- espavorecer
- pavor (“intense fear, dread”)