aterrorizar

/ateroɾiˈθaɾ/ · B1 · verb

to terrify

👻 a + TERROR + izar = to fill someone with terror

It is built from Latin terror (great fear), with the prefix a- and the verb ending -izar, like English -ize. So aterrorizar means to terrorize or terrify. Example: Las tormentas aterrorizan al perro.

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