scantari

Sicilian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *expaventāre, present active infinitive of *expaventō, derived from the present participle of Classical Latin expaveō. Compare Italian spaventare, Spanish, Portuguese, Occitan, and Catalan espantar, (also Catalan and Occitan espaventar), French épouvanter, also Romanian înspăimânta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃkan.ˈt̪aː.ɾɪ]
• Hyphenation: scan‧tà‧ri

Verb

scantari

1. to scare, frighten

   Mi scantasti!

   You scared me!

Conjugation

    Conjugation of scantari (first conjugation)

infinitive		scantari
gerund			scantannu
past participle			scantatu
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	iu	tu	iddu/idda	nuàutri	vuàutri	iddi
present	scantu	scanti	scanta	scantamu	scantati	scàntanu, scàntunu
imperfect	scantava, scantavu	scantavi	scantava	scantàvamu	scantàvavu	scantàvanu, scantàvunu
preterite	scantai	scantasti	scantau, scantò	scantammu, scantamu	scantàstivu	scantàrunu, scantaru
future1	scantirò, scantirogghiu	scantirai	scantirà	scantiremu	scantireti, scantiriti	scantirannu
present perfect	Use the present indicative tense of aviri plus the past participle
past perfect	Use the imperfect indicative tense of aviri plus the past participle
conditional1	iu	tu	iddu/idda	nuàutri	vuàutri	iddi
present	scantirìa	scantirissi	scantirìa	scantirìamu	scantirìavu	scantirìanu
past	Use the present conditional tense of aviri plus the past participle
subjunctive	iu	tu	iddu/idda	nuàutri	vuàutri	iddi
present	scantu	scanti	scanta	scantamu	scantati	scàntanu, scàntunu
imperfect	scantassi	scantassi	scantassi	scantàssimu	scantàssivu	scantàssiru
present perfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of aviri plus the past participle
imperative	–	tu	vossìa	nuàutri	vuàutri	–
	—	scanta	scantassi	scantamu	scantati	—
1disused

Related terms

• scantatu
• scantu