acovardar

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === acobardar === Etymology === From a- +‎ covarde (“coward”) +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === === Verb === acovardar (first-person singular present acovardo, first-person singular preterite acovardei, past participle acovardado) (transitive) to make someone lose their courage; to frighten Synonyms: assustar, amedrontar (pronominal) to lose one’s courage; to chicken out Synonym: amarelar ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “acovardar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026