espantar
Portuguese, verb/is.pɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/
espantar is spelled E-S-P-A-N-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espantar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to terrify, to frighten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “causar espanto, admiração ou assombro”.
What does espantar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to terrify, to frighten
- 2
to chase off, to shoo
- 3
to surprise, to astonish
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. causar espanto, admiração ou assombro 2. afugentar; enxotar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of espantar
- espanto first-person present singular
- espantei first-person preterite singular
- espantado participle past
- espantares infinitive second-person singular
- espantarmos first-person infinitive plural
- espantardes infinitive plural second-person
- espantarem infinitive plural third-person
- espantando gerund
- espantados masculine participle past
- espantada feminine participle past
- espantadas feminine participle past
- espantas indicative present second-person
- espanta indicative present singular
- espantamos first-person indicative plural
- espantais indicative plural present
- espantam indicative plural present
- espantava first-person imperfect indicative
- espantavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espantar?
- Brazil /is.pɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.pɐ̃ˈta(h)]
- Brazil /es.pɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
espantar appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).