arrepiar

13th century. From Late Latin horripilare.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /areˈpjaɾ/ [a.reˈpjaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ar‧re‧piar

arrepiar (first-person singular present arrepío, first-person singular preterite arrepiei, past participle arrepiado)
arrepiar (first-person singular present arrepio, first-person singular preterite arrepiei, past participle arrepiado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive) to frighten, horrify

   Synonym: dar grima

2. (impersonal) to frighten, horrify
3. (intransitive) to shiver, shudder; to terrify; to send shivers down someone's spine
4. (intransitive) to get goose bumps
5. (pronominal) to get scared

• arrepiado (“having bristly hair”)

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “arrepia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “arripia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arrepiar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “arrepiar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arrepiar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Late Latin horripilāre (“to bristle”). Doublet of horripilar, a borrowing.

• Hyphenation: ar‧re‧pi‧ar

arrepiar (first-person singular present arrepio, first-person singular preterite arrepiei, past participle arrepiado)

1. to shiver, to shudder
2. to frighten, horrify, to creep out
3. to get goose bumps