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

• “espanto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “espanto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “espanto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “espanto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014