Polyglot Dictionary

terrificar

/texifiˈkaɾ/

verb C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
terrifico
preterite (eu)
terrifiquei
past participle
terrificado

Meaning

  1. to terrify

    • A cena o terrificou.

      The scene terrified him.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

atemorizar

atemorizar and terrificar are close synonyms for "to terrify"; terrificar is rarer, more literary.

aterrar

aterrar and terrificar are close synonyms for "to terrify," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

aterrar

aterrar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to terrify."

Spanish

aterrorizar

aterrorizar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to terrify."

Practice

1 What does terrificar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches terrificar?

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