What does asustar in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word asustar in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use asustar in Spanish.

The word asustar in Spanish means scare, frighten, scare, frighten, get frightened, get scared, freshen with cold water, be frightful, scare with. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word asustar

scare, frighten

verbo transitivo (a alguien: sobresaltar)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Los truenos siempre asustan a mi perrita.
Thunder always scares my dog.

scare, frighten

verbo transitivo (a alguien: causar temor)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Los índices de paro asustan a todo el mundo.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. His erratic behaviour was starting to scare (or: frighten) me.

get frightened, get scared

verbo pronominal (atemorizarse)

Me asusté cuando vi que le sangraba la nariz al pequeño. Siempre me asusto con las películas de terror.
I got frightened (or: got scared) when I saw the boy's nose was bleeding.

freshen with cold water

verbo transitivo (verter agua fría)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Hay que asustar los garbanzos cuando empiezan a hervir; si no, se quedan duros.
You have to freshen the chickpeas with cold water when they begin to boil; if you don't, they'll stay hard.

be frightful

expresión (figurado: ser muy feo)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
¿Viste al nuevo novio de Jimena? ¡Asusta al miedo el pobrecito!

scare with

(causar temor con)

Siempre me asusto con las películas de terror.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. They attempted to scare the other team with empty threats.

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