Grammatical class

Verb

effrayer

(transitive) to frighten, to scare, to affray

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Syllables

ef-frayer

Phonetics

e.fʁɛ.je

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

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Freq. (movies)

3987

Freq. (news)

17385

Sentences

Essayes-tu de m'effrayer ?

Are you trying to scare me?

A1

Rien ne semble t'effrayer.

Nothing seems to scare you.

A1

Je ne voulais pas t'effrayer.

I didn't want to frighten you.

A1

Quelque chose a dû l'effrayer.

Something must've spooked him.

A1

C’est le silence qui m’effraie.

It's silence that frightens me.

A2

Il n'y a pas de quoi s'effrayer.

There's nothing to be scared of.

A2

Nous ne voudrions pas effrayer Tom.

We wouldn't want to scare Tom.

A2

Vous essayez seulement de nous effrayer.

You're just trying to scare us.

B1

Si je voulais t'effrayer, je t'aurais dit ce dont j'ai rêvé il y a quelques semaines.

If I wanted to scare you, I would have told you about what I dreamt about a few weeks ago.

B1

Le plus gros problème avec l'intelligence artificielle, c'est qu'on ne peut pas l'effrayer !

The biggest problem with artificial intelligence is that you can't scare it!

B1

Je m'apprêtais à effrayer Tom.

I was just going to scare Tom.

B2