frightening in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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frightening [Am ˈfraɪt(ə)nɪŋ, Brit ˈfrʌɪt(ə)nɪŋ, ˈfrʌɪtnɪŋ] ADJ

I.frighten [Am ˈfraɪtn, Brit ˈfrʌɪt(ə)n] VB trans

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II.frighten [Am ˈfraɪtn, Brit ˈfrʌɪt(ə)n] VB intr

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frighten away VB [Am ˈfraɪtn -, Brit ˈfrʌɪt(ə)n -], frighten off VB (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

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frightening in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for frightening in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

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frightening Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a second viewing of the film is also frightening
ver la película por segunda vez también da miedo
to frighten the life out of sb
dar un susto de muerte a alguien
to frighten the shit out of sb
hacer que alguien se cague de miedo
to frighten the hell out of sb inf
darle a alguien un susto de muerte
to frighten sb out of his/her wits
dar a alguien un susto de muerte
the catastrophe is assuming frightening proportions
la catástrofe está asumiendo proporciones espantosas
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In the face of this unexpected and frightening development, many of the adults and students at school lose their wits.
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The victim is often awakened by these threatening and frightening dreams and can often vividly remember their experience.
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The danger cards were initially frightening noises but those were changed by the publisher.
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The illustrations that inhabit his paintings intertwine and overlap, creating complex and frightening configurations.
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Beginning in the late 1960s, narcotics operations and drug-related crimes accelerated at a frightening pace.
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It was frightening work because the women detectives were very threatening.
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Others have compared the series to comic books, arguing that the stories are lurid, but too cartoonish to be frightening.
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Leprosy was frightening, as was any other disfiguring disease, and treatments were few.
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They play a form of crushing blackened doom with torrential riffing, concussive percussion and frightening growls composed during freeform psychedelic jams.
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Positive reviews tend to view the film as effectively frightening, whereas negative and mixed reviews focus on the movie's perceived slow start.
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