Italian Word of the Day: Spavento (scare / fright)
The noun spavento (masculine, plural: spaventi) in Italian can translate in numerous ways including scare, fright, dread, terror or fear. It derives from the verb spaventare which means to frighten or to scare. It often appears in the company of the following verbs: fare spavento (a qualcuno) = to scare (somebody) mettere spavento (a qualcuno) …