aspaventar
Spanish
Etymology
From Italian spaventare (“to scare”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aspabenˈtaɾ/ [as.pa.β̞ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: as‧pa‧ven‧tar
Verb
aspaventar (first-person singular present aspaviento, first-person singular preterite aspaventé, past participle aspaventado)
- to scare, shock
- Synonyms: atemorizar, espantar; see also Thesaurus:asustar
- 1935, Ricardo G. Luengo, “Conversación con Federico García Lorca”, in Miguel García-Posada, editor, Teatro completo, volume III, Barcelona: DeBolsillo, published 2004, →ISBN, pages 89–90:
- […] Pero, además, una de las finalidades que persigo con mi teatro es precisamente aspaventar y aterrar un poco. Estoy seguro y contento de escandalizar.
- But, in addition, one of the goals I pursue with my theatre is precisely to shock and scare a little. I'm confident and happy to shock.
Conjugation
Conjugation of aspaventar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | aspaventar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | aspaventando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | aspaventado | aspaventada | |||||
plural | aspaventados | aspaventadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | aspaviento | aspavientastú aspaventásvos | aspavienta | aspaventamos | aspaventáis | aspavientan | |
imperfect | aspaventaba | aspaventabas | aspaventaba | aspaventábamos | aspaventabais | aspaventaban | |
preterite | aspaventé | aspaventaste | aspaventó | aspaventamos | aspaventasteis | aspaventaron | |
future | aspaventaré | aspaventarás | aspaventará | aspaventaremos | aspaventaréis | aspaventarán | |
conditional | aspaventaría | aspaventarías | aspaventaría | aspaventaríamos | aspaventaríais | aspaventarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | aspaviente | aspavientestú aspaventésvos2 | aspaviente | aspaventemos | aspaventéis | aspavienten | |
imperfect (ra) | aspaventara | aspaventaras | aspaventara | aspaventáramos | aspaventarais | aspaventaran | |
imperfect (se) | aspaventase | aspaventases | aspaventase | aspaventásemos | aspaventaseis | aspaventasen | |
future1 | aspaventare | aspaventares | aspaventare | aspaventáremos | aspaventareis | aspaventaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | aspavientatú aspaventávos | aspaviente | aspaventemos | aspaventad | aspavienten | ||
negative | no aspavientes | no aspaviente | no aspaventemos | no aspaventéis | no aspavienten |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- aspaviento
Further reading
- “aspaventar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014