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le teme

is afraid of

→ le
phrase Common #8,737
is afraid of The pronoun le refers to the person who is afraid; the thing feared follows teme, often with a.
SP: Mi hermana le teme a las arañas.
EN: My sister is afraid of spiders.

Tom le teme al compromiso.

Tom is afraid of commitment.

Ella le teme mucho a los perros.

She is very afraid of dogs.

Incluso padre le teme.

Even his father is afraid of him.

— Depredador: Tierras salvajes (2025)

Solo un tonto no le teme al mar.

Only a fool isn’t afraid of the sea.

¿Por qué le teme?

Why are you afraid of him?

— En presencia del diablo (2016)

Un niño quemado le teme al fuego.

A burned child is afraid of fire.

Tom no le teme al fracaso.

Tom is not afraid of failure.

Tú sabes que Su-yeon le teme.

You know that Su-yeon is afraid of him.

— Dos Hermanas (2003)

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

Hitler fears intellect and detests all intellectuals.

— Elefante (2003)

Así que todo el mundo le teme.

So everyone is afraid of him.

— Gangs of Wasseypur I (2012)