acovardar

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- + covarde (coward) + -ar.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ˌko.vaʁ.ˈda(ʁ)/

Verb

acovardar (first-person singular present indicative acovardo, past participle acovardado)

  1. (transitive) to make someone lose their courage; to frighten
    As ameaças de processo me acovardaram.
    The threats to sue frightened me.
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to lose one’s courage; to chicken out
    Eu queria pular, mas me acovardei.
    I wanted to jump, but I chickened out.

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