"espantable" meaning in Spanish

See espantable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /espanˈtable/, [es.pãn̪ˈt̪a.β̞le] Forms: espantables [feminine, masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -able Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish espantar Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old Spanish -abile Spanish -able Spanish espantable From espantar + -able. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:af|espantar|-able|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Spanish espantar Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old Spanish -abile Spanish -able Spanish espantable [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ðlis", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-bilis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ābilis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Spanish", "term" : "-abile", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "osp" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "-able", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "espantable", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="espantable"> From espantar + -able. Head templates: {{es-adj}} espantable m or f (masculine and feminine plural espantables)
  1. horrific, awful Tags: feminine, masculine

Inflected forms

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