le dan miedo

is afraid of

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phrase Uncommon #15,538
is afraid of Often used with a person or thing that causes fear, especially with plural nouns: le dan miedo las arañas = he's afraid of spiders.
SP: A Juan le dan miedo los perros grandes.
EN: Juan is afraid of big dogs.

Le dan miedo las alturas, papá.

Dad's afraid of heights.

— El regreso (2003)

A Mary los hombres le dan miedo.

Mary is afraid of men.

A Tom no le dan miedo las arañas.

Tom isn't afraid of spiders.

A Tom le dan miedo las arañas.

Tom is afraid of spiders.

A Mary le dan miedo los hombres.

Mary is afraid of men.

A mi abuelo le dan miedo los perros.

My grandfather is afraid of dogs.

A él le dan miedo los perros.

He is afraid of dogs.

A María le dan miedo las alturas.

Maria is afraid of heights.

A ella le dan miedo los truenos.

She is afraid of thunder.

A pesar de que él es policía, los ladrones le dan miedo.

Even though he is a police officer, thieves scare him.

Le dan miedo los gatos.

Cats scare him/her.