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miedo

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “miedo” mean in English?

  1. fear

Example sentences

  • Tengo miedo.

    I'm afraid.

  • Tengo miedo de las arañas.

    I'm afraid of spiders.

  • Sin miedo, vamos adelante.

    Without fear, let's go forward.

How to use it

Miedo means 'fear' (the noun). Masculine: el miedo. Used with tener: tener miedo de + thing.

Common mistake

Use 'tener miedo DE [thing]' for the source of fear. Don't say 'tener miedo a [thing]' (less standard).

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 1.