No. 8,788 in Catalan
esfereir
To terrify or horrify.
In a sentence
L'accident va esfereir tothom que ho va veure.
The accident horrified everyone who saw it.
In this sentence, 'esfereir' is used transitively to mean 'to horrify' or 'to terrify', reflecting its usage as an action affecting the subjects.
Les notícies del desastre natural em van esfereir profundament.
The news about the natural disaster deeply horrified me.
Here, 'esfereir' demonstrates its emotional resonance when describing a personal reaction to shocking news.
Cap a mitjanit, un crit esfereïdor va interrompre el silenci de la nit.
Around midnight, a horrifying scream interrupted the silence of the night.
In this example, the derivative 'esfereïdor' is used as an adjective associated with an event, describing the scream as causing the state of horror or fear.
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