Translations for „scare“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

I . scare [skeəʳ] N

1. scare (fright):

scare

strah m

scare

groza f

to give sb a scare

prestrašiti koga

2. scare (public panic):

scare

preplah m

scare

panika f

bomb scare

obvestilo o nastavljeni bombi

bomb scare

bombni preplah

II . scare [skeəʳ] ADJ attr

scare tactics

taktika zastraševanja

III . scare [skeəʳ] VB trans to scare sb

scare

prestrašiti koga

to scare sb to death [or out of his wits ]

na smrt prestrašiti koga

to scare the living daylights out of sb

na smrt prestrašiti koga

IV . scare [skeəʳ] VB intr

scare

prestrašiti se

scare away, scare off VB trans

1. scare (frighten into leaving):

scare

pregnati

scare

odganjati [perf odgnati]

2. scare (discourage):

scare

prestrašiti

Usage examples with scare

bomb scare

obvestilo o nastavljeni bombi

scare tactics

taktika zastraševanja

to give sb a scare

prestrašiti koga

to scare the hell out of sb

na smrt prestrašiti koga

to scare the living daylights out of sb

na smrt preplašiti koga

to scare the living daylights out of sb

na smrt prestrašiti koga

to scare sb to death [or out of his wits ]

na smrt prestrašiti koga

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Characterized by a pair of stark gleaming eyes, the spirit scares any person who sets eyes on it.

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He can not reach it and returns to the shore scared.

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There are ghosts of the forests and waters, who are ordered to scare humans.

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Fortunately the humans only check the chicken coop for foxes and assume that because it's undamaged the fox was scared off.

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The police officers later said that they had aimed over his head in order to scare him off.

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The tactics used by the prosecution were effective in confusing and scaring the jury into a guilty verdict.

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In series 3, she has a breast cancer scare.

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They are designed to scare animals, such as birds that congregate on airport runways.

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But the other is a fellow man like me; perhaps it is me that scares him.

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She is shown to be scared on slugs and snails and usually says and when she's embarrassed.

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