le teme

is afraid of

→ le

phrase Common #7,758

is afraid of Used with a person or thing that someone fears, often followed by a noun or an infinitive: le teme a algo or le teme hacer algo. The pronoun le refers to the person who is afraid, while the subject is the person doing the fearing.

SP: Mi hermana le teme a los perros grandes.

EN: My sister is afraid of big dogs.

Ella le teme mucho a los perros.

She is very afraid of dogs.

Tú sabes que Su-yeon le teme.

You know that Su-yeon is afraid of him.

— Dos hermanas (2003)

Tom no le teme al fracaso.

Tom is not afraid of failure.

Hitler le teme al intelecto y detesta a todos los intelectuales.

Hitler fears intellect and detests all intellectuals.

— Elephant (2003)

Así que todo el mundo le teme.

So everyone is afraid of him.

— Gangs of Wasseypur. Parte 1 (2012)

Incluso padre le teme.

Even his father is afraid of him.

— Predator: Badlands (2025)

Solo un tonto no le teme al mar.

Only a fool isn’t afraid of the sea.

Un niño quemado le teme al fuego.

A burned child is afraid of fire.

Tom le teme al compromiso.

Tom is afraid of commitment.