Translation
to frighten, to scare
Examples
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The noise frightened the child.
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Do not scare the horse.
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His face frightens me.
rakonto .
The story will frighten the small children.
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Nothing can frighten so brave a person.
This is plus --, the suffix that means "cause to". is I am afraid; is I make someone else afraid, and it needs an object with -n. Its mirror is , to take fright, which describes the moment the fear arrives rather than the state of being afraid. The pair is the cleanest possible demonstration of the -- / -- machinery, and once it clicks here it works on every root on the site. Nearby: a for frightening and for frightened.
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