"terror" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /teˈroɾ/, [t̪eˈroɾ] Forms: terrores [plural]
Rhymes: -oɾ Etymology: Borrowed from Latin terrōrem. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:lbor|la:terror<alt:terrōrem>}} [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "terrōrem", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "frighten", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "frighten", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "scare", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "tremble", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*tres-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "causative suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "forming verbs", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yeti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éyeti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*troséyeti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*trozeō", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "terreō", "gloss" : "to frighten", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "abstract nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "athematic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "hysterokinetic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-s", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ōs", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ōs", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-or", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "terror", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "terror", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="terror">, {{bor+|es|la|terror|terrōrem}} Borrowed from Latin terrōrem Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} terror m (plural terrores)
  1. terror Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-terror-es-noun-vXeIkdvo Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
  2. (genre) horror Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-terror-es-noun-npYnSrzz Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Emotions, Fear, Genres Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Emotions: 5 95 Disambiguation of Fear: 0 100 Disambiguation of Genres: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aterrorizar, cine de terror, película de terror, terrorífico, terrorismo, terrorista Related terms: terrible

Inflected forms

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