Espantar in english

Scare away

pronunciation: skerəweɪ part of speech: verb
In gestures

espantar = chase + Nombre + away ; scare away ; drive + Nombre + away ; spook ; drive off. 

Example: Any recommendations on how to chase away the Monday blues?.Example: Falling state support for higher education has a number of onerous effects: increased tuition fees, more student debt, and a greater likelihood of scaring away low-income students.Example: Moreover, the shady image of video libraries drove away discerning customers.Example: The noise spooked the animals, and many stampeded over a cliff to their deaths.Example: So we stopped in a pleasant place enough by the edge of a pond, and lighted a fire to drive off the mosquitoes, which plagued us beyond all description.

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» espantarseshy .

Example: Even when their animals, frightened at the unusual sight, shied up a bank or into a field, they took it in good humour.

espantarse = shy. 

Example: Even when their animals, frightened at the unusual sight, shied up a bank or into a field, they took it in good humour.
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