spaimă

See also: spaima

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *expavīmen, from Latin expavere, from pavor (“fear”). Or possibly has a connection to spasma, spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós, “spasm, convulsion”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

spaimă f (plural spaime)

1. fear, terror, fright, horror, dread

   Synonyms: frică, teamă

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	spaimă	spaima		spaime	spaimele
genitive-dative	spaime	spaimei		spaime	spaimelor
vocative	spaimă, spaimo			spaimelor

Related terms

• înspăimânta
• înspăimântare
• înspăimântat