spaventerai

Spaventerai is the second-person singular form of the Italian verb spaventare in the simple future tense. Spaventare is a regular -are verb meaning to frighten or to scare. The future tense is formed by adding the standard endings to the stem spaventer-: spaventerò, spaventerai, spaventerà, spaventeremo, spaventerete, spaventeranno. Therefore, spaventerai translates as "you will frighten." It is used when speaking to someone familiar (tu) and denotes a future action that will frighten someone or something. The second person formal address (Lei) uses the third-person singular form spaventerà.

Pronunciation: spaventerai is pronounced with the stress on the last syllable: spa-ven-te-RAI.

Transitivity and usage: Spaventare requires a direct object: spaventare qualcuno. Example: Se continui a gridare, spaventerai i vicini. The form spaventerai is common in narrative or dialog to indicate what the subject will do in the future.

Related forms: spaventare (infinitive), spaventato (past participle), spavento (noun meaning fright). The noun spavento gives the verb its meaning; etymology traces spaventare to this noun plus the -are suffix.

Etymology: The verb derives from the noun spavento, meaning fright, with the standard Italian verb-forming suffix -are. The noun itself is well established in Italian and dates from older stages of the language.