was afraid
La muchacha tenía miedo de su propia sombra.
The girl was afraid of her own shadow.
I wasn't afraid.
He was afraid of his wife.
She was afraid of the dog.
Pero me di cuenta entonces que no le tenía miedo a nada.
But then I realized that I wasn't afraid of anything.
— Malcolm X (1992)
Decía que, por primera vez, ya no le tenía miedo a la muerte.
He said that, for the first time, he was no longer afraid of death.
— Museo (2018)