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- DictionaryFright·en/ˈfrītn/
verb
- 1. make (someone) afraid or anxious: "the savagery of his thoughts frightened him"
traducir FRIGHTEN: asustar, asustar. Más información en el diccionario inglés-español.
To frighten is to make someone feel afraid. Your new look — pink hair, tattoos, and piercings — will probably frighten your grandparents. If horror movies and haunted houses frighten you, they scare you, and all it might take to frighten your skittish cat is the sound of the vacuum cleaner or coffee grinder.
verb [ T ] uk / ˈfraɪ.t ə n / us / ˈfraɪ.t ə n /. Add to word list. Add to word list. B2. to make someone feel fear: He frightens me when he drives so fast. You'll frighten the baby wearing that mask. frighten someone to death The noise frightened me to death (= gave me a severe fright).
Principal Translations. Inglés. Español. frighten [sb/sth] ⇒ vtr. (scare [sb], [sth]) asustar ⇒, atemorizar ⇒ vtr. Note: Ante complemento directo de persona debe usarse la preposición «a».
frighten/scare somebody to death. (informal) to frighten somebody very much. Spiders frighten him to death. Definition of frighten verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
frighten, alarm, scare, terrify, terrorize, appall all mean to arouse fear in people or animals. To frighten is to shock with sudden, startling, but usually short-lived fear, esp. that arising from the apprehension of physical harm: to frighten someone by a sudden noise.
to frighten someone very much Spiders scare him to death. Phrasal Verbs frighten away frighten into doing. Definition of frighten verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
