- temerse
- temerse► verbo pronominal1 to be afraid■ me temo que no estén allí I'm afraid they won't be there■ me temo que sí I'm afraid so* * *VPR
temerse algo: ya me lo temía, es el carburador — it's the carburettor, I thought as much o I was afraid it might be
-ha empezado a llover -me lo temía — "it has started raining" - "I was afraid it would"
-no podré venir -me lo estaba temiendo — "I won't be able to come" - "I was afraid you wouldn't"
se temen lo peor — they fear the worst
temerse que — to be afraid (that)
mucho me temo que ya no lo encontrarás — I'm very much afraid (that) you won't find it now, I very much suspect (that) you won't find it now
me temo que no — I'm afraid not
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■temerse vr (sospechar, creer) to be afraid: eso me temo, I'm afraid so
me temía lo peor, I feared the worst
'temerse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
temer
English:
fear
* * *vprtemerse que to be afraid (that), to fear (that);me temo que no vendrá I'm afraid (that) she won't come;mucho me temo que fue todo un malentendido I'm afraid it was all a misunderstanding;¿queda leche? – me temo que no is there any milk left? – I'm afraid not;temerse lo peor to fear the worst* * *temersev/r be afraid;me temo que no podrá venir I’m afraid he won’t be able to come;temerse lo peor fear the worst* * *temerse vb to be afraidme temo que no podré ir I'm afraid I won't be able to go
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.