espantar
Meanings
Verb
1. to scare, to spook, to frighten (transitive)
2. to scare away, to scare off, to chase away, to drive away, to frighten away, to frighten off (transitive)
Examples10
Tom estaba muy espantado.
Tom was very scared.
El gato me espantó.
The cat scared me.
No hagas ruido o espantarás a los pájaros.
Don't make any noise or you'll scare the birds away.
Ella espantó a un oso.
She scared a bear away.
Él espantó las moscas.
He flapped the flies away.
El espíritu maligno fue espantado de la casa.
The evil spirit was driven away from the house.