Significado de fear en español

• 0 a strong, bad feeling that you get when you think that something bad might happen

  • She was trembling with fear.

  • There are fears that the disease will spread.

• 1 to be worried or frightened that something bad might happen or might have happened

  • Police fear that she drowned in the river.

• 2 to be frightened of something or someone unpleasant

  • Many older people fear death.

• 3 a strong feeling of worry that sth bad will happen

  • her fear of flying su miedo a volar

  • his fear that his family had not survived su temor de que su familia no hubiera sobrevivido

  • fears for the safety of the miners temores por la seguridad de los mineros

  • children crying with/in fear niños llorando de miedo

  • people living in fear of violence personas que viven con miedo a la violencia

• 4 because you worry that sth bad will happen

  • I didn’t look at him for fear of laughing. No lo miré por miedo a reírme.

• 5 to be afraid of or to worry about

  • School officials fear a flu epidemic. Los funcionarios escolares temen una epidemia de gripe.

  • They feared that the men could be dead. Temían que los hombres pudieran estar muertos.