Meanings (ES + gloss)
escalofrío
A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion; a frisson.
She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an…
fragor • furor
A cause of sudden excitement; a kick.
The thrill is gone / Gone, gone for me / I still live on, lonely though I'll be
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
emocionar • entusiasmar • excitar
To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
1854, Matthew Arnold, Preface to Poems vivid and picturesque turns of expression […] which thrill the reader with a sudden delight
The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled, / That sudden cold did run through every vein.
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