spaimă

Romanian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin expavīmen, from Latin expavere, from pavor (“fear”). Or possibly has a connection to spasma, spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós, “spasm, convulsion”).

Noun

spaimă f (plural spaime)

  1. fear, terror, fright, horror, dread

Synonyms
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