pelästyttää in inglese:

Scary movies will frighten the children.

You frightened me!

Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you.

Spiders frighten me.

Do the dead frighten you?

I was frightened when I heard footsteps on stairs.

I spoke to him kindly so as not to frighten him.

People with Mohawk haircuts frighten me!

Horror movies frighten me.