spantare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish espantar.

Pronunciation

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ʃpanˈda]

Verb

spantare

  1. to astonish, stupefy
  2. to scare, frighten

References

  • Riccio, Giovanna (2005), Ispanismi nel dialetto napoletano, Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 188[1]
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882), “spantare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano‎[2]
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