acovardar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ˌko.vaʁ.ˈda(ʁ)/
Verb
acovardar (first-person singular present indicative acovardo, past participle acovardado)
- (transitive) to make someone lose their courage; to frighten
- As ameaças de processo me acovardaram.
- The threats to sue frightened me.
- (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.
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb acovardar
Synonyms
- (to frighten): assustar, amedrontar
- (to chicken out): amarelar
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