Spanish-English translations for asustar

scare
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- (LT) Can a mouse really scare an elephant? - (LT) ¿Puede un ratón asustar realmente a un elefante? According to the evidence, however, it does not scare people. Pero a todas luces eso no parece asustar a la gente. In order to perpetuate this myth, we invent periodic scares to frighten people into submission. A fin de perpetuar este mito inventamos de vez en cuando algo para asustar a la gente para que se someta.
frighten
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Yes, it is possible to be frightened by Schengen. Schengen puede naturalmente asustar a cualquiera. If we cry wolf when there is no wolf, we only end up frightening people. Si gritamos que viene el lobo cuando no hay lobo, terminaremos por asustar a la gente. At the same time, most measures are only able to frighten off the really stupid offenders. Por otro lado, en su mayor parte las medidas sólo sirven para asustar a los delincuentes verdaderamente tontos.

creep outThat janitor whos always talking about blood creeps me out.
freak out
fright
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galvanizeto galvanize steelThe girl’s picture helped galvanize public opinion against the administration’s policyRepublicans are hoping a proposed gas-tax repeal will galvanize their voters
horrify
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The haunted house was horrifying, from one room to the next I felt more and more like I wasn’t going to survive.
intimidateHes trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully hell stop.

spookThe building was haunted by a couple of spooksThe big spider gave me a spookHe who is infatuated with Man leaves persons out of account so far as that infatuation extends, and floats in an ideal, sacred interest. Man, you see, is not a person, but an ideal, a spook. — [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Max_Stirner Max Stirner]
startlea horse that startles easily
terrifyThe statistic which shows that one in every three people may get cancer would terrify anyone. Las estadísticas que demuestran que una de cada tres personas puede enfermar de cáncer asustarían a cualquiera.