Meanings (ES + gloss)
sobresalto
A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.
The figure of a man heaving in sight amidst these wide solitudes, always causes a startle and thrill of expectation and doubt, similar to the feeling produced by the announcement o…
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
alarmarse • asustarse • espantarse • pajarear • sobrecogerse • sobresaltarse
To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
Why shrinks the soul / Back on herself, and startles at destruction?
a horse that startles easily
alarmar • aspaventar • asustar • espantar • sobrecoger • sobresaltar
To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
Nothing could startle her, make her scold or make her cry. She did not complain, she did not rebel.
The supposition, at least, that angels do sometimes assume bodies need not startle us.
evitar • impedir
To deter; to cause to deviate.
As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.
it would blast all their hopes, and startle all other princes from joining
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