miedo

Etymology

From Latin metus.

Noun

miedo m (plural miedos)

1. fear

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “miedo”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Alternative forms

• myedo (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Latin metus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjedo/

Noun

miedo m (usually uncountable)

1. fear
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2v:

     la mugier de loth torno la cabeça e [fi]zos ymagen de ſal. Loth ouo miedo de ſeer ẽ ſegor eſubio alas mõtãnas cõ ſus .ij. fijas. eſtido en una cueua con ſus .ij. fijas.

     Lot's wife turned her head and she became a figure of salt. Lot was afraid of staying in Zoar and [so] he went up to mountains with his two daughters, [and] he settled in a cave with his two daughters.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish miedo, from Latin metus. Compare English meticulous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjedo/ [ˈmje.ð̞o]

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• Rhymes: -edo
• Syllabification: mie‧do

Noun

miedo m (plural miedos)

1. fear

   Synonyms: temor, pavor, pánico

   Tengo miedo.

   I'm afraid.

   (literally, “I have fear”)

Further reading

• “miedo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• medio