speriat

Romanian

Alternative forms

• spăriat, spăriet — regional

Etymology

From speria (“to scare”) +‎ -at.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (prescribed) /spe.riˈat/, (most common) /speˈrjat/
• Rhymes: -at
• Hyphenation: spe‧ri‧at

Adjective

speriat m or n (feminine singular speriată, masculine plural speriați, feminine and neuter plural speriate)

1. frightened, scared

   Synonyms: înfricoșat, înspăimântat, (literary) timorat

2. (obsolete, rare) frightening

Declension

Declension of speriat

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	speriat		speriată		speriați	speriate
	definite	speriatul		speriata		speriații	speriatele
genitive- dative	indefinite	speriat		speriate		speriați	speriate
	definite	speriatului		speriatei		speriaților	speriatelor

Derived terms

• speriat de bombe

Noun

speriat m (plural (sense 3) speriați or (in expressions derived from sense 1) sperieți)

2. (rare) scare

   Synonyms: speriere, sperietură, frică

3. (folk magic) panic
5. (folk magic) ghoul, frightening apparition

Usage notes

Speriat in the sense of “panic” is always found in constructions in which it is preceded by the semantically versatile preposition de. Representative examples include:

• de speriat (“as a remedy to panic”)
• de speriat (“from panic, out of panic”)
• a îi trece de speriat (“to be rid of a panic”)
• a suferi de speriat (“to suffer from panic”)

Declension

Declension of speriat

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	speriat	speriatul		speriati	speriatii
genitive-dative	speriat	speriatului		speriati	speriatilor
vocative	speriatule			speriatilor

Derived terms

• băga în sperieți
• băga în toți sperieții

Participle

speriat

1. past participle of speria (“to scare”)

References

• speriat in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)