espavorir
Portuguese, verb/is.pa.voˈɾi(ʁ)/
espavorir is spelled E-S-P-A-V-O-R-I-R (9 letters). Espavorir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to frighten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “causar pavor, aterrar, amedrontar muito”.
What does espavorir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to frighten
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. causar pavor, aterrar, amedrontar muito
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 espavorir
- espavori first-person preterite singular
- espavorido participle past
- espavorires infinitive second-person singular
- espavorirmos first-person infinitive plural
- espavorirdes infinitive plural second-person
- espavorirem infinitive plural third-person
- espavorindo gerund
- espavoridos masculine participle past
- espavorida feminine participle past
- espavoridas feminine participle past
- espavorimos first-person indicative plural
- espavoris indicative plural present
- espavoria first-person imperfect indicative
- espavorias imperfect indicative second-person
- espavoríamos first-person imperfect indicative
- espavoríeis imperfect indicative plural
- espavoriam imperfect indicative plural
- espavoriste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espavorir?
- Brazil /is.pa.voˈɾi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.pa.voˈɾi(h)]
- Brazil /es.pa.voˈɾi(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.