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afraid
/əˈfreɪd/Translation
adj
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⇨ asustado,da
Don't be afraid No estés asustado
■ constr. Se usa detrás de un verbo I'm afraid (that)
⇨ me temo que
I'm afraid that I won't be able to go Me temo que no podré ir
to be afraid for sth/sb
⇨ temer por
to be afraid (of sth)
⇨ tener miedo
He's afraid of flying Tiene miedo a volar
■ constr. to be afraid of + doing sth to be afraid to do sth
⇨ no atreverse a hacer algo
(Definition of afraid adj from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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