impaurire

to frighten

verb eem-pow-REE-reh Rare

Also means

to scare

Usage Note

Impaurire means to make someone afraid. It follows the -isc- pattern: impaurisce (he/she frightens). The reflexive impaurirsi means 'to become frightened': il bambino si è impaurito (the child got frightened). It conjugates with essere in compound tenses when reflexive, avere when transitive.

Examples

"Il rumore forte ha impaurito il gatto."

Natural Translation

The loud noise frightened the cat.

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