Spanish-English translations for espantar

scare
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Johnny had a bad scare last night.a food-poisoning scareDid it scare you when I said "Boo!"?
frighten
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Avery puts a sheet over her head, pretending to be a ghost to frighten Emily

scare offA quick growl scared off the mouse.The hefty price tag scared off any potential buyers.
chouse
fright
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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
terrifyOn the other hand, alarmist labelling would terrify consumers who suffer from allergies and reduce their own consumption. En cambio, un etiquetado alarmista espantará a los consumidores alérgicos y pondrá freno a su propio consumo.