different between arear vs afear

English

Etymology

See arrear (adverb).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)

Adverb

arear (comparative more arear, superlative most arear)

1. backward; in or to the rear; behindhand

Verb

arear (third-person singular simple present arears, present participle arearing, simple past and past participle areared)

1. To raise; to set up; to stir up.

Portuguese

Verb

arear (first-person singular present indicative areio, past participle areado)

1. (transitive) to sand (to abrade with sand or sandpaper)
2. (transitive) to sand (to cover with sand)

Conjugation

English

Alternative forms

• affear

Etymology

From Middle English aferen (“to frighten, terrify”), from Old English ?f?ran (“to terrify, dismay”), from ?- (perfective prefix) + f?ran (“to frighten; to devour, raven”), from f?r (“sudden danger, calamity, ambush; a blitz”), from Proto-Germanic *f?r? (“danger”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to try, dare, risk”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

afear (third-person singular simple present afears, present participle afearing, simple past and past participle afeared)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) To imbue with fear; to affright, to terrify.

Derived terms

• afeard

Anagrams

• afare

Spanish

Etymology

From feo (“ugly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afe?a?/, [a.fe?a?]

Verb

afear (first-person singular present afeo, first-person singular preterite afeé, past participle afeado)

1. (transitive) to make ugly; to uglify

   Antonym: embellecer

2. (transitive) to criticize, denounce

   Synonyms: recriminar, tachar

Conjugation

Derived terms

• afeamiento

Further reading

• “afear” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.