Asustado in english
pronunciation: skerd part of speech: adjective
asustado = alarmed ; frightened ; afraid ; spooked ; scared.
Example: Melanie Stanton looked both shocked and alarmed.Example: Astounded and frightened by those shimmering tears, Leforte repeated her questions: 'Bernice... Please... Is anything wrong? Can I help?'.Example: The mother, a little afraid and expecting the worst, was unsettled, despite all her efforts to be open-minded, by her preconceptions not only about the drug but about the rights and wrongs of the position she had put herself into.Example: The U.S. government's bailout plan did little to improve conditions in the commercial paper market where spooked investors continue to favor short-term debt.Example: Scared Malians, mainly women and children, are on the move again following clashes between armed insurgents and the national army.more:
» estar muy asustado = be beside + Reflexivo + with fear .
Example: One of the riots happened right outside my daughter's apartment and she was beside herself with fear.» parecer asustado = look + scared .
Example: For a passing moment after resting her eyes on the tattoo on his arm, Lily had merely looked scared.» sentirse asustado = feel + frightened .
Example: We even react as though it were all happening to us by feeling sad or happy, frightened or angry, amused or scandalized, and so on.» vivir asustado = live in + fear (of) .
Example: Our area has been like a war-zone for the last six weeks and our pensioners live in fear of the children they fought to defend.asustar = frighten ; scare ; startle ; make + things scary for ; freak ; shock ; spook ; put + the wind up + Nombre ; freak + Nombre + out.
Example: What frightens me about OCLC is the fact that I am disturbed by the integrity of their kind of cataloging.Example: 'Punch' satirised the opponents more cruelly: 'Here is an institution doomed to scare the furious devotees of laissez faire'.Example: I was a little startled in some ways by a statement that other decisions have been directed towards achieving a consistent form of heading.Example: The article has the title 'Things that go bump in the night: net newbies are maturing -- and making things scary for the traditionals'.Example: When I had a similar problem I freaked and instead of going to my manual I called tech support.Example: The gush of water could serve many purposes and was prescribed to soothe, to refrigerate, to stop a swelling, to widen pores, to shock the patient.Example: The noise spooked the animals, and many stampeded over a cliff to their deaths.Example: This will put the wind up her as you could take them to the tribunal for this kind of behaviour and win.Example: These new people in my hood freak me out.more:
» asustar a Alguien para que haga Algo = frighten + Nombre + into .
Example: Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.» asustarse = alarm ; panic [Participio de presente panicking, de pasado panicked] ; scare + Reflexivo ; shy ; feel + frightened ; get + the wind up .
Example: Don't be alarmed if the record does not save. Example: For crying out loud, would everyone please stop panicking -- Don't you realize that this would be a good thing in the long run?. Example: A child with a vivid imagination can really scare herself with frightening images. Example: Even when their animals, frightened at the unusual sight, shied up a bank or into a field, they took it in good humour. Example: We even react as though it were all happening to us by feeling sad or happy, frightened or angry, amused or scandalized, and so on. Example: When I first talked to you, you suggested suicide, and I admit that I got the wind up in case she should have done away with herself.» asustarse de = be scared of ; be fearful of .
Example: I'm not scared of the computer, nor do I believe AACR has done any injustice to traditional cataloging practice. Example: A lot of dogs are fearful of going up and down the stairs and, as a responsible and considerate dog owner, you should help your dog conquer his or her fears.» asustarse fácilmente = be afraid of + Posesivo + own shadow .
Example: Fear of change, fear of moving, fear of leaving a bad marriage -- this woman's probably afraid of her own shadow = Miedo al cambio, miedo a mudarse, miedo a dejar un mal matrimonio; esta mujer tiene probablemente miedo hasta de su propia sombra.» asustarse hasta de/con su sombra = be afraid of + Posesivo + own shadow .
Example: Fear of change, fear of moving, fear of leaving a bad marriage -- this woman's probably afraid of her own shadow = Miedo al cambio, miedo a mudarse, miedo a dejar un mal matrimonio; esta mujer tiene probablemente miedo hasta de su propia sombra.