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aspaventar

Spanish, verb/aspabenˈtaɾ/

aspaventar is a Spanish verb meaning “to scare, shock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Atemorizar o espantar”.

What does aspaventar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to scare, shock

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Atemorizar o espantar.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of aspaventar

  • aspaviento first-person present singular
  • aspaventé first-person preterite singular
  • aspaventado participle past
  • e-ie alternation
  • aspaventando gerund
  • aspaventada feminine participle past
  • aspaventados masculine participle past
  • aspaventadas feminine participle past
  • aspavientas indicative informal present
  • aspaventás indicative informal present
  • aspavienta indicative present singular
  • aspaventamos first-person indicative plural
  • aspaventáis indicative plural present
  • aspavientan indicative plural present
  • aspaventaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • aspaventabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • aspaventábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • aspaventabais imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce aspaventar?

  • /aspabenˈtaɾ/
  • [as.pa.β̞ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
  • [aspaβ̞ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to aspaventar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.