espantar
Spanish, verb/espanˈtaɾ/
espantar is spelled E-S-P-A-N-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 34,926th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espantar is a Spanish verb meaning “to scare, to spook, to frighten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Causar espanto, dar susto, infundir miedo”.
What does espantar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scare, to spook, to frighten
- 2
to scare away, to scare off, to chase away, to drive away, to frighten away, to frighten off
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Causar espanto, dar susto, infundir miedo. 2. Ojear, echar de un lugar a una persona o animal.
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 espantar
- espanto first-person present singular
- espanté first-person preterite singular
- espantado participle past
- espantando gerund
- espantada feminine participle past
- espantados masculine participle past
- espantadas feminine participle past
- espantas indicative informal present
- espantás indicative informal present
- espanta indicative present singular
- espantamos first-person indicative plural
- espantáis indicative plural present
- espantan indicative plural present
- espantaba first-person imperfect indicative
- espantabas imperfect indicative second-person
- espantábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- espantabais imperfect indicative plural
- espantaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espantar?
- /espanˈtaɾ/
- [es.pãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [espãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espantar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espantar in Spanish?
espantar appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).