scare

scare
skeə
1. verb
(to startle or frighten: You'll scare the baby if you shout; His warning scared her into obeying him.) asustar

2. noun
1) (a feeling of fear or alarm: The noise gave me a scare.) susto
2) (a feeling of fear or panic among a large number of people: a smallpox scare.) pánico
- scarecrow
- scaremonger
- scare away/off

scare1 n susto
you gave me a scare me has dado un susto
scare2 vb
1. asustar
did I scare you? ¿te he asustado?
2. dar miedo
the dark scares me la oscuridad me da miedo
El gerundio de scare se escribe scaring
scare
tr[skeəSMALLr/SMALL]
noun
1 (fright) susto
what a scare you gave me! ¡vaya susto me has dado!
2 (widespread alarm) alarma, pánico
there was a bomb scare hubo una amenaza de bomba
the news caused quite a scare la noticia sembró el pánico
transitive verb
1 asustar, espantar
did I scare you? ¿te he asustado?
intransitive verb
1 asustarse, espantarse
she scares easily se asusta fácilmente
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to scare somebody to death / scare somebody out of their wits dar un susto de muerte a alguien
to scare the living daylights out of somebody dar un susto de muerte a alguien
scare story historia alarmista
scare ['skɛr] vt, scared ; scaring : asustar, espantar
scare n
1) fright: susto m, sobresalto m
2) alarm: pánico m
scare
n.
alarma s.f.
alboroto s.m.
sobresalto s.m.
susto s.m.
v.
amedrentar v.
asustar v.
atemorizar v.
espantar v.

I
1. sker, skeə(r)
transitive verb \<\<person/animal\>\> asustar

you scared me! — qué susto me diste!


2.
vi asustarse
Phrasal Verbs:

II
noun
a) (fright, shock) susto m

to give somebody a scare — darle* un susto a alguien

b) (panic) (Journ)

bomb scare — amenaza f de bomba

the AIDS scare — el pánico del sida; (before n)

scare story — historia f alarmista

['skɛǝ(r)]
1. N
1) (=fright) susto m

to cause a scare — sembrar el pánico

to give sb a scare — dar un susto or asustar a algn

what a scare you gave me! — ¡qué susto me diste!

we got a bit of a scare — nos pegamos un susto, tuvimos un sobresalto

2) (=panic, threat)

bomb scare — amenaza f de bomba

the invasion scare — (=panic) el pánico de la invasión; (=rumours) los rumores alarmistas de una invasión

2. VT
1) (=frighten) asustar

you scared me! — ¡me has asustado!

to scare sb to death * — darle un susto de muerte a algn

to scare the hell or life out of sb * — darle un susto de muerte a algn

to scare sb stiff * — darle un susto de muerte a algn

2)

to be scared — (=frightened) tener miedo, estar asustado

don't be scared — no tengas miedo, no te asustes

we were really scared — teníamos mucho miedo, estábamos muy asustados

to be scared to do sth — tener miedo de hacer algo

she was too scared to talk — estaba demasiado asustada para poder hablar, no podía hablar del susto

to be scared to death * — estar muerto de miedo

to be scared of sb/sth, he's scared of women — tiene miedo a las mujeres

are you scared of him? — ¿le tienes miedo?

I'm scared of spiders — les tengo miedo a or me dan miedo las arañas

to be scared of doing sth — tener miedo de hacer algo

to be scared stiff * — estar muerto de miedo

to be scared out of one's wits * — estar muerto de miedo

3.
VI

he doesn't scare easily — no se asusta fácilmente

4.
CPD

scare campaign N — campaña f alarmista, campaña f de intimidación

scare story N

it's only a scare story — se trata de un reportaje alarmista

scare tactics NPL — tácticas fpl alarmistas

* * *

I
1. [sker, skeə(r)]
transitive verb \<\<person/animal\>\> asustar

you scared me! — qué susto me diste!


2.
vi asustarse
Phrasal Verbs:

II
noun
a) (fright, shock) susto m

to give somebody a scare — darle* un susto a alguien

b) (panic) (Journ)

bomb scare — amenaza f de bomba

the AIDS scare — el pánico del sida; (before n)

scare story — historia f alarmista


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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