spaimă

See also: spaima

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. 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”).

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Noun

spaimă f (plural spaime)

  1. fear, terror, fright, horror, dread
    Synonyms: frică, teamă

Declension
Declension of spaimă
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) spaimă spaima (niște) spaime spaimele
genitive/dative (unei) spaime spaimei (unor) spaime spaimelor
vocative spaimă, spaimo spaimelor
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