speriat

• spăriat, spăriet — regional

From speria (“to scare”) +‎ -at.

• IPA^(key): (prescribed) /spe.riˈat/, (most common) /speˈrjat/
• Rhymes: -at
• Hyphenation: spe‧ri‧at

speriat m or n (feminine singular speriată, masculine plural speriați, feminine and neuter plural speriate)

1. frightened, scared

   Synonyms: înfricoșat, înspăimântat, (literary) timorat

2. (obsolete, rare) frightening

• speriat de bombe

speriat m (plural (sense 3) speriați or (in expressions derived from sense 1) sperieți)

2. (rare) scare

   Synonyms: speriere, sperietură, frică

3. (folk magic) panic
5. (folk magic) ghoul, frightening apparition

Speriat in the sense of “panic” is always found in constructions in which it is preceded by the semantically versatile preposition de. Representative examples include:

• de speriat (“as a remedy to panic”)
• de speriat (“from panic, out of panic”)
• a îi trece de speriat (“to be rid of a panic”)
• a suferi de speriat (“to suffer from panic”)

• băga în sperieți
• băga în toți sperieții

speriat

1. past participle of speria (“to scare”)

• “speriat”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025