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f fearavere paura di be frightened of* * *paura s.f.1 fear, dread; ( spavento) fright; scare: un bambino pieno di paura, a fearful child; un uomo senza paura, a fearless man; aveva paura della morte, he was afraid of death; è comune nei bambini la paura del buio, fear of the dark is common in children; ebbi una gran paura, I had a terrible fright (o scare); mi hai fatto paura, you scared me; avere paura di qlco., to be afraid of sthg. (o to fear sthg.); non aver paura!, don't be afraid (o frightened)!; niente paura!, non fa male, don't be frightened!, it won't hurt; vincere la paura, to overcome (one's) fear // che paura!, what a fright (o scare)! // per paura che..., for fear that (o lest): glielo dirò io per paura che lo venga a sapere da altri, I will tell him myself for fear that (o lest) he should hear about it from someone else; per paura di..., for fear of...: cambiò strada per paura d'incontrarlo, he took another road for fear of meeting him // è brutto da far paura, he is frightfully (o fearfully) ugly // è una strada che fa paura, it is a frightening road // quando lo vidi era morto di paura, when I saw him he was (o he looked) frightened (o scared) to death // avere una paura indiavolata, to be scared to death // avere paura della propria ombra, to be afraid of one's own shadow // morire di paura, (fig.) to be scared to death: far morire qlcu. di paura, to scare (o to frighten) s.o. to death2 ( preoccupazione) fear, worry: aveva paura di arrivare in ritardo, he was afraid (that) he might arrive late; avevo paura che tu avessi perduto il treno, I was afraid (o I worried) that you had missed the train; l'esame d'inglese mi fa paura, the English examination worries me; ho paura che non verrà, I am afraid he won't come; ho paura di sì, di no, I am afraid (o I fear) so, not.* * *[pa'ura]morto di paura — scared o frightened to death, dead scared colloq.
fare paura a qcn. — to frighten o scare sb.
fare paura — to be frightful o scary colloq.
avere paura — to be afraid (di of; di fare to do)
per paura che, di qcs., di fare — for fear that, of sth., of doing
* * *paura/pa'ura/sostantivo f.(timore) fear; (spavento) fright; morto di paura scared o frightened to death, dead scared colloq.; fare paura a qcn. to frighten o scare sb.; fare paura to be frightful o scary colloq.; avere paura to be afraid (di of; di fare to do); che paura! what a fright! brutto da fare paura hideously ugly; per paura che, di qcs., di fare for fear that, of sth., of doing; non avere paura! niente paura! don't be afraid! have no fear! never fear! -
2 brutto da fare paura
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