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fear1 /fɪr / ||/fɪə(r)/ n uncountable or countable
miedo m, temor m;
~ of heights miedo a las alturas;
no ~! (as interj) (colloq) ¡ni loco! or ¡ni muerto!

fear2 verbo transitivo

1. (dread) temer

2. (suspect) to ~ (THAT) temerse que

verbo intransitivo
temer;
to ~ FOR sb/sth temer por algn/algo

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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:

fear [fɪəʳ]

I	nombre 1   miedo, temor, aprensión      fear of spiders, miedo a las arañas      for fear of, por temor a 2   riesgo: there is no fear of rain this week, no hay riesgo de que llueva esta semana      familiar no fear!, ¡ni hablar!
II	verbo transitivo temer
III	verbo intransitivo temer [for, por]     El verbo to fear es formal, sobre todo con complemento sustantivo o verbal (I fear the dark, temo la oscuridad      I fear to tell her, temo decírselo) y se suele sustituir por to be afraid/frightened (to + inf o of + ...ing). Asimismo se dice a veces I fear that..., me temo que..., pero hoy en día se prefiere to be afraid (that).

fear: WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2009

Compound Forms:
fear for his life	vi	(be afraid he is likely to die, be killed)	temer por su vida loc verb
He feared for his life when the robber drew a gun.
			creer que uno se va a morir loc verb
No se lo deseo a nadie, yo creía que me iba a morir, pero la doctora dice que no fue tan grave, que se le sumó un ataque de pánico.
for fear of	prep	(because one is frightened by the prospect of)	por miedo a loc prep
She didn't pick up her friend's new baby for fear of dropping it.
			por temor a loc prep
			no sea que, no vaya a ser que, no fuera que, por si acaso locs conj
Llamalo, no vaya a ser que se olvide (haya olvidado) / Puso dos despertadores, no fuera que se quedara dormido.
freedom from fear	n	(right not to live under threat of war)	derecho a vivir sin temor nm
One of FDR's famous "four freedoms" was freedom from fear.
Todo humano tiene derecho a vivir sin temor.
			derecho a vivir en paz loc nom
			libertad frente al temor loc nom
in fear			temeroso
mortal fear			miedo mortal nm
never fear			no tener nunca miedo v
no fear			sin miedo
obsessive fear			miedo obsesivo nm
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English:

deep-rooted - dignity - free - frightened - overcome - register - scandal - seize - sick - strike - worst - allay - assuage - banish - confront - conquer - dispel - evaporate - exhibit - fright - fuel - go - instill - jealousy - manifest - melt - nameless - over - panic - possess - quiet - shake - shiver - spread - to - trepidation

Spanish:

abdicar - canillera - cundir - experimentar - miedo - respeto - temer - temblar - temor - de - encoger - infundir - sobrecoger

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