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assustá

to scare, to frighten

→ assustar
assust frighten; scare + á Infinitive
verb · informal Rare #40,406
to scare, to frighten Before an attached object pronoun, the infinitive assustar drops its final -r and takes an accent, as in assustá-la.
PO: Não quero assustá-la.
EN: I don't want to scare her.
Conjugation of assustar
assustarassustá
Subjunctive future
SingularPlural
First assustar —
Third assustar —
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First assustei assustamos
Third assustou assustaram
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First — assustamos
Third assusta assustam
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second assusta —
Third assuste assustem
Present
assustando
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First assuste —
Third assuste assustem
Indicative pluperfect
SingularPlural
Third — assustaram
Past
assustado

Pare de assustá-la!

Stop scaring her!

— Moscou Não Acredita em Lágrimas (1980)

Se eu quisesse assustá-los, contaria a vocês o que sonhei algumas semanas atrás.

If I wanted to scare you, I’d tell you what I dreamed about a few weeks ago.

Eu não quis assustá-las.

I didn't mean to scare them.

— Wicked (2024)

Me desculpe por assustá-los.

I'm sorry for scaring them.

— Moonrise Kingdom (2012)