adjective/espanˈtoso/
ghastly, gruesome, dreadful, awful, godawful, horrific, horrendous, horrible, terrible; frightful, frightening, scary, fearful, terrifying, shocking; hideous, appalling, atrocious, horrid
Synonyms: horrible, horripilante, horroroso, horrendo, terrible, aterrador, terrorífico, atroz
Etymology tree Spanish espantardeverb. Spanish espanto Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old Spanish -oso Spanish -oso Spanish espantoso From espanto (“fright”) + -oso.