espantada

f.

1 stampede, flight, running away.

2 sudden scare, sudden fear.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: espantar.

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espantada

► nombre femenino

1 (animales) stampede

2 (personas) withdrawal

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar la espantada to stampede, run away

pegar una estampada to withdraw, pull out

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SF stampede

dar la espantada — to bolt

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femenino

pegar(se) una espantada — animal to bolt; persona (fam) to make a run for it (colloq)

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femenino

pegar(se) una espantada — animal to bolt; persona (fam) to make a run for it (colloq)

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espantada

feminine

pegar(se) una espantada «animal» to bolt;

«persona» (fam) to make a run for it (colloq), to scarper (BrE colloq)

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espantada sustantivo femenino
1 (de animales) stampede
2 (de personas) vanishing trick/act: ¡ya ha vuelto a dar la espantada!, ¡ha desaparecido!, he's done his vanishing act again! he's disappeared!
'espantada' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estampida

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espantada nf

1. [caballo]

dar o [m5]pegar una espantada to bolt

2. Fam [de persona]

dar la espantada to split, Br to leg it