scaredy-cat

[SKER-uh-dee-kat]

nounpl: scaredy-cats

medroso(a), covarde, frouxo(a)

1. a person who is easily frightened or afraid of things; a coward

Don't be such a scaredy-cat; the haunted house isn't that scary.

Não seja tão medroso(a); a casa assombrada não é tão assustadora assim.

2. someone who avoids doing something due to fear or anxiety

He's a scaredy-cat when it comes to roller coasters.

Ele é frouxo quando se trata de montanha-russa.

NYC Slang

chicken, fraidy-cat, wimp

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Regional Variations

General Brazilian

medroso(a), covarde

most common usage in everyday speech

Rio de Janeiro

frouxo(a), miedoso(a)

informal, colloquial variant

São Paulo

medroso(a), covarde, acovardado(a)

standard usage, formal contexts

Portugal

medricas(o), cobarde, assustado(a)

European Portuguese variant

jump at one's own shadow

scared of their own shadow

afraid of their own shadow

nervish

yellow-bellied coward

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