afear

== English == === Alternative forms === affear === Etymology === From Middle English aferen (“to frighten, terrify”), from Old English āfǣran (“to terrify, dismay”), from ā- (perfective prefix) + fǣran (“to frighten; to devour, raven”), from fǣr (“sudden danger, calamity, ambush; a blitz”), from Proto-Germanic *fērō (“danger”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to try, dare, risk”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) === Verb === afear (third-person singular simple present afears, present participle afearing, simple past and past participle afeared) (obsolete or dialectal) To imbue with fear; to affright, to terrify. ==== Derived terms ==== afeard === Anagrams === afare == Spanish == === Etymology === From feo (“ugly”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /afeˈaɾ/ [a.feˈaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: a‧fe‧ar === Verb === afear (first-person singular present afeo, first-person singular preterite afeé, past participle afeado) (transitive) to make ugly; to uglify Antonym: embellecer (transitive) to criticize, denounce Synonyms: recriminar, tachar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “afear”, 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