acobardar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From a- + cobarde (“coward”) + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: a‧co‧bar‧dar
=== Verb ===
acobardar (first-person singular present acobardo, first-person singular preterite acobardei, past participle acobardado)
synonym of acovardar
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“acobardar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“acobardar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From a- + cobarde (“coward”) + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /akobaɾˈdaɾ/ [a.ko.β̞aɾˈð̞aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: a‧co‧bar‧dar
=== Verb ===
acobardar (first-person singular present acobardo, first-person singular preterite acobardé, past participle acobardado)
(transitive) to daunt, to frighten, to scare
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:asustar
(reflexive) to be frightened, scared, daunted
Synonym: asustarse
(reflexive) to cower
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== See also ====
achicarse
ciscarse
=== Further reading ===
“acobardar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025