ahuyentar

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *affugientāre, *adfugientāre or *effugientāre from Latin fugiens, fugientis, present participle of fugiō (“flee”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /auʝenˈtaɾ/ [au̯.ʝẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /auʝenˈtaɾ/ [au̯.ʝẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /auʃenˈtaɾ/ [au̯.ʃẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /auʒenˈtaɾ/ [au̯.ʒẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to chase away, drive away
2. (reflexive) to run away

Synonyms

• correr

Related terms

• huir

Further reading

• “ahuyentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014