spook

[US]/spuːk/
[UK]/spuk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. fantasma
vt. asustar; dar miedo.
Word Forms
Gerundiospooking
Tercera persona singularspooks
Pasadospooked
Participio pasadospooked
Pluralspooks

Phrases & Collocations

spooky

espeluznante

Example Sentences

Are you afraid of spooks?

¿Tienes miedo a los fantasmas?

they spooked a couple of grizzly bears.

Asustaron a un par de osos grizzly.

<?pcdata the far-right spook will stay a spook for a long time yet. ?>.

<?pcdata El espanto de extrema derecha seguirá siendo un espanto durante mucho tiempo. ?>.

he'll spook if we make any noise.

Se asustará si hacemos algún ruido.

Something in the bushes spooked her horse.

Algo en los arbustos asustó a su caballo.

Madonna fell off a horse on the weekend at Long Island when a paparazzo jumped out of the bushes to take a photo and spooked her horse.She was taken to a local hospital.

Madonna se cayó de un caballo el fin de semana en Long Island cuando un paparazzi saltó de los arbustos para tomar una foto y asustó a su caballo. Fue llevada a un hospital local.

Real-world Examples

That financial engineering has recently spooked investors.

Ese diseño financiero ha asustado recientemente a los inversores.

Source: CNN Listening Compilation June 2022

No wonder the financial markets were spooked.

No es de extrañar que los mercados financieros se asustaran.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

I mean, it's also great to be spooked again.

Quiero decir, también es genial asustarse de nuevo.

Source: Actor Dialogue (Bilingual Selection)

He's not gonna do that unless he's spooked.

Él no va a hacer eso a menos que se asuste.

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 3

But echoing them would spook business.

Pero replicar sus acciones asustaría a los negocios.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Meanwhile, the spooked herds stampede up the valley.

Mientras tanto, los rebaños asustados corren en estampida por el valle.

Source: North American Great Plains - Wild New World

What's got you spooked all of a sudden?

¿Qué te ha asustado de repente?

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 3

It spooked her and she's hiding.

La asustó y se está escondiendo.

Source: Modern Family - Season 08

They warned that a debt-heavy tax-cut package would spook investors.

Advirtieron que un paquete de recortes de impuestos con una gran deuda asustaría a los inversores.

Source: Time

But then if something spooks one then only one jumps up.

Pero entonces, si algo asusta a alguien, solo uno saltará.

Source: Actor Dialogue (Bilingual Selection)

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