Polyglot Dictionary

terror

/teˈroɾ/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los terrores

Meaning

  1. terror

    • Sintió terror.

      He felt terror.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

pavor

pavor and terror are close synonyms; pavor is slightly more intense or literary.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

pavor

pavor is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "terror."

Portuguese

terror

terror is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "terror."

Practice

1 What does terror mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sintió ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches terror?

noun

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