Catalan

Alternative forms

• espantar (standard form, not archaic)

Verb

espaventar ‎(first-person singular present espavento, past participle espaventat)

1. (archaic) to scare, frighten
2. (archaic) to scare away, to drive off

Conjugation

Derived terms

• espaventar-se

Occitan

Alternative forms

• espantar

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *expaventāre, present active infinitive of *expaventō, derived from the present participle of Classical Latin expaveō, from pavor ‎(“fear”). Compare French épouvanter, Italian spaventare.

Verb

espaventar

1. to terrify

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.