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I was scared to death

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
scared adj	(afraid)	asustado/a adj
		con miedo loc adj
Note: Construcción verbal es más común.
	The scared kittens were crying for their mother.
	Los gatitos asustados lloraban llamando a su madre.
be scared vi + adj	(experience fear)	tener miedo loc verb
		estar asustado v cop + adj
	The boys at the haunted house were scared.
	Los chicos en la casa embrujada tenían miedo.
be scared of [sth/sb] v expr	(have a fear of)	tener miedo de, tenerle miedo a loc verb + prep
	(cambio de sujeto)	darle miedo a alguien loc verb + prep
	Magali was scared of fireworks.
	Magali tenía miedo de los fuegos artificiales.
	A Magali le daban miedo los fuegos artificiales.
get scared vi + adj	(become afraid)	asustarse⇒ v prnl
	(cambio de sujeto)	darle miedo a alguien loc verb + prep
	Flavio got scared whenever he saw a skunk.
	Flavio se asustaba cada vez que veía un zorrillo.

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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
scare [sb]⇒ vtr	(frighten)	asustar⇒, aterrorizar⇒ vtr
		aterrorizar⇒ vtr
	The sudden appearance of a face at the window scared Josh.
	Josh se asustó con la cara que apareció repentinamente por la ventana.
scare n	(fearful moment)	susto nm
	Sometimes people like a scare, as long as there's no real danger; that's why we watch horror movies.
	A veces, a la gente le suelen gustar los sustos, siempre y cuando no haya ningún peligro de verdad. Por eso nos gusta ver películas de terror.

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Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
scare adj	(causing alarm)	de miedo loc adj
		que causan temor, que causan miedo loc adj
	Parents sometimes use scare stories to try to put their kids off doing dangerous things.
	Los padres a veces le cuentan a sus hijos historias de miedo para que no hagan cosas peligrosas.
scare⇒ vi	always with an adverb (become scared)	asustarse⇒ v prnl
	Karen scares easily.
	Karen se asusta fácilmente.

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Locuciones verbales scare | scared
Inglés		Español
scare [sb/sth] away vtr phrasal sep	(frighten off [sb], [sth])	ahuyentar⇒ vtr
		espantar⇒ vtr
Note: Ante complemento directo de persona debe usarse la preposición «a».
	The scarecrows in the garden did nothing to scare away the rabbits.
	Los espantapájaros del huerto no sirvieron de nada para ahuyentar los conejos.
scare [sb/sth] away from [sth], scare [sb/sth] away from doing [sth] vtr phrasal sep	figurative (deter [sb], [sth])	asustar para vtr + prep
		meter miedo con loc verb
		desanimar de vtr + prep
	I don't mean to scare you away from taking this class, but it'll be a lot of work.
	No es mi intención asustarte para que no hagas esa clase, pero supondrá mucho trabajo.
scare [sb/sth] off vtr phrasal sep	(frighten away)	espantar a alguien, espantar algo vtr
	The scarecrow was used to scare off birds.
	El espantapájaros era usado para espantar pájaros.
scare [sb] off vtr phrasal sep	figurative (deter)	ahuyentar⇒ vtr
	I was worried that publishing the starting salary might scare off some potential applicants.
	Temía que publicar el sueldo inicial pudiera ahuyentar a algunos postulantes.
scare [sth] up, scare up [sth] vtr phrasal sep	(gather)	conseguir poco a poco loc verb
	(persona)	reunir de a poco a loc verb
	Things are a bit quiet at the moment, so I'm trying to think of ways to scare up more business.
	Las cosas están tranquilas en este momento, así que estoy intentando conseguir poco a poco más trabajo.

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Compound Forms: scared | scare
Inglés		Español
be scared out of your wits v expr	(be terrified)	estar cagado del susto, estar cagado de miedo loc verb
		morirse de susto, morirse de miedo loc verb
scared stiff adj	informal (terrified) (coloquial)	muerto de miedo loc adj
	The children were scared stiff of the man with the chainsaw.
	Los chicos estaban muertos de miedo con el hombre de la sierra.
scared to death adj	figurative, informal (terrified)	miedo atroz nm
		muerto de miedo
	When I was a child I was scared to death of werewolves.
	Cuando era pequeña, tenía un miedo atroz a los hombres lobos.

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