Breakdown of No creo que esa rareza te intimide a ti.
no
no, not
esa
that (feminine)
ti
you
que
that / than
te
to you / you (direct object)
creer
to believe
intimidar
to intimidate
la rareza
the weirdness
a
personal 'a' (marks a human direct object)
Questions & Answers about No creo que esa rareza te intimide a ti.
Why is intimide in the subjunctive here?
Because the sentence starts with no creo que (I don't think that). In Spanish, expressing a negative belief or doubt triggers the subjunctive in the following clause. If the sentence were affirmative, you would use the indicative: Creo que esa rareza te intimida (I think that weirdness intimidates you).
Why use both te and a ti in the same sentence?
The a ti is used for emphasis. The sentence is grammatically complete with just the object pronoun te (...que esa rareza te intimide), but adding a ti heavily stresses that the weirdness won't intimidate you specifically, even if it might intimidate someone else.
Is intimidar functioning as a verb like gustar here?
No, intimidar is a standard transitive verb meaning "to intimidate." The subject doing the action is esa rareza (that weirdness), and the direct object receiving the action is te (you). It just happens to follow an object-verb word order in this clause, which can look a bit like how gustar is structured.
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