Startle
//ˈstɑɹt(ə)l//
Translations of "startle" (26 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | بَاغَثَ(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), فَاجَأَ(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension) | bāḡaṯa, fājaʔa | |
| Bulgarian | уплаха(a sudden motion or shock), шок(a sudden motion or shock), изплаша(to deter; to cause to deviate), изплашвам(to deter; to cause to deviate), плаша(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), сепвам(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), сепна(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), стряскам се(to move or be excited on feeling alarm), уплаша(to deter; to cause to deviate), уплашвам(to deter; to cause to deviate) | uplaha, šok, izplaša, izplašvam, plaša, sepvam, sepna, strjaskam se, uplaša, uplašvam | |
| Catalan | espantar(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), espantar-se(to move or be excited on feeling alarm) | — | |
| Central Kurdish | ڕاچەنین(a sudden motion or shock), داچڵەکاندن(to move or be excited on feeling alarm) | raçenîn, daçllekandin | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 嚇了一跳 /吓了一跳(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension) | xià le yí tiào | |
| Czech | leknutí(a sudden motion or shock), leknout se(to move or be excited on feeling alarm), odstrašit(to deter; to cause to deviate), polekat(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), polekat se(to move or be excited on feeling alarm), vylekat(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), zastrašit(to deter; to cause to deviate) | — | |
| Dutch | laten schrikken(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), schrikken(to move or be excited on feeling alarm), verschrikken(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension) | — | |
| Esperanto | alarmi(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), konsterni(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension) | — | |
| Finnish | hätkähdys(a sudden motion or shock), harhauttaa(to deter; to cause to deviate), hätkähtää(to move or be excited on feeling alarm), hätkäyttää(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), kavahtaa(to move or be excited on feeling alarm), säikähtää(to move or be excited on feeling alarm), säikäyttää(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension) | — | |
| French | surprendre(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), sursauter(to move or be excited on feeling alarm) | — | |
| German | aufschrecken(to move or be excited on feeling alarm), erschrecken(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), scheuen(to move or be excited on feeling alarm) | — | |
| Greek | αιφνιδιάζω(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), ξαφνιάζω(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension) | aifnidiázo, xafniázo | |
| Hebrew | הִזְדַּעֲזַע(to move or be excited on feeling alarm), הבהיל(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension) | hizda'zá', hevhil | |
| Italian | evitare(to deter; to cause to deviate), scattare(to move or be excited on feeling alarm), schivare(to deter; to cause to deviate), sobbalzare(to move or be excited on feeling alarm), sorprendere(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), spaventare(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension) | — | |
| Japanese | 脅かす(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension) | odokasu | |
| Ladino | aturvar(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension) | — | |
| Latin | consternō(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), pavefaciō(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), terreō(to deter; to cause to deviate) | — | |
| Māori | ohomauri(to move or be excited on feeling alarm), tumeke(to move or be excited on feeling alarm), whakapereru(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), whakapererū(to move or be excited on feeling alarm) | — | |
| Oromo | wareeruu(to move or be excited on feeling alarm) | — | |
| Portuguese | assustar(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), dar um susto(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension) | — | |
| Russian | испуг(a sudden motion or shock), испуга́ть(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), напуга́ть(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), пуга́ть(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension) | ispug, ispugátʹ, napugátʹ, pugátʹ | |
| Spanish | sobresalto(a sudden motion or shock), alarmar(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), alarmarse(to move or be excited on feeling alarm), aspaventar(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), asustar(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), asustarse(to move or be excited on feeling alarm), espantar(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), espantarse(to move or be excited on feeling alarm), evitar(to deter; to cause to deviate), impedir(to deter; to cause to deviate), pajarear(to move or be excited on feeling alarm), sobrecoger(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), sobrecogerse(to move or be excited on feeling alarm), sobresaltar(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), sobresaltarse(to move or be excited on feeling alarm) | — | |
| Swedish | spritta(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension) | — | |
| Thai | ความตกใจ(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension) | kwaam dtòk jai | |
| Ukrainian | зляка́ти(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension) | zljakáty | |
| Vietnamese | làm giật mình(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension), làm hoảng hốt(to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension) | — |
уплаха, шок, изплаша, изплашвам, плаша, сепвам, сепна, стряскам се, уплаша, уплашвам
uplaha, šok, izplaša, izplašvam, plaša, sepvam, sepna, strjaskam se, uplaša, uplašvam
espantar, espantar-se
leknutí, leknout se, odstrašit, polekat, polekat se, vylekat, zastrašit
laten schrikken, schrikken, verschrikken
alarmi, konsterni
hätkähdys, harhauttaa, hätkähtää, hätkäyttää, kavahtaa, säikähtää, säikäyttää
surprendre, sursauter
aufschrecken, erschrecken, scheuen
evitare, scattare, schivare, sobbalzare, sorprendere, spaventare
aturvar
consternō, pavefaciō, terreō
ohomauri, tumeke, whakapereru, whakapererū
wareeruu
assustar, dar um susto
sobresalto, alarmar, alarmarse, aspaventar, asustar, asustarse, espantar, espantarse, evitar, impedir, pajarear, sobrecoger, sobrecogerse, sobresaltar, sobresaltarse
spritta
làm giật mình, làm hoảng hốt
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.