espanto

See also: espantó

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əsˈpan.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əsˈpan.to]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈpan.to]

Verb

espanto

1. first-person singular present indicative of espantar

Galician

Etymology 1

Deverbal from espantar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [esˈpantʊ]

Noun

espanto m (plural espantos)

1. fright, terror
2. atrocity

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “espanto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “espanto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “espanto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “espanto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Etymology 2

Verb

espanto

1. first-person singular present indicative of espantar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈspan.to/
• Rhymes: -anto
• Hyphenation: e‧spàn‧to

Participle

espanto (feminine espanta, masculine plural espanti, feminine plural espante)

1. past participle of espandere

Anagrams

• pastone, pensato, pestano, posante

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɐ̃.tu/, /esˈpɐ̃.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɐ̃.tu/, /esˈpɐ̃.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpɐ̃.tu/, /eʃˈpɐ̃.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpɐ̃.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpɐ̃.tu/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tu
• Hyphenation: es‧pan‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from espantar.

Noun

espanto m (plural espantos)

1. astonishment, amazement
2. wonder

Etymology 2

Verb

espanto

1. first-person singular present indicative of espantar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈpanto/ [esˈpãn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -anto
• Syllabification: es‧pan‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from espantar (“to scare”).

Noun

espanto m (plural espantos)

1. fright
2. ghost
3. horror, dread

Derived terms

• de espanto

 

Etymology 2

Verb

espanto

1. first-person singular present indicative of espantar

Further reading

• “espanto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16