amenazar
Asturian
Etymology
From amenaza (“threat”). Alternatively, from a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *admināciāre (“to threaten”) < *mināciāre (“threaten”), from *minācia (“threat”), from Latin mināx, mināciae.
Verb
amenazar (first-person singular indicative present amenazo, past participle amenazáu)
- to threaten
Conjugation
Spanish
Etymology
From amenaza (“threat”) + -ar. Alternatively, from a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *admināciāre (“to threaten”) < *mināciāre (“threaten”), from *minācia (“threat”), from Latin mināx, mināciae. Compare Catalan amenaçar, French menacer, Italian minacciare, Occitan amenaçar, Portuguese ameaçar, Romanian ameninţa, Sicilian amminazzari.
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /amenaˈθaɾ/
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /amenaˈsaɾ/
Verb
amenazar (first-person singular present amenazo, first-person singular preterite amenacé, past participle amenazado)
- (transitive) to threaten
Conjugation
- Rule: z becomes a c before e.
- 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
- 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive amenazar | |||||||
dative | amenazarme | amenazarte | amenazarle, amenazarse | amenazarnos | amenazaros | amenazarles, amenazarse | |
accusative | amenazarme | amenazarte | amenazarlo, amenazarla, amenazarse | amenazarnos | amenazaros | amenazarlos, amenazarlas, amenazarse | |
with gerund amenazando | |||||||
dative | amenazándome | amenazándote | amenazándole, amenazándose | amenazándonos | amenazándoos | amenazándoles, amenazándose | |
accusative | amenazándome | amenazándote | amenazándolo, amenazándola, amenazándose | amenazándonos | amenazándoos | amenazándolos, amenazándolas, amenazándose | |
with informal second-person singular imperative amenaza | |||||||
dative | amenázame | amenázate | amenázale | amenázanos | not used | amenázales | |
accusative | amenázame | amenázate | amenázalo, amenázala | amenázanos | not used | amenázalos, amenázalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative amenace | |||||||
dative | amenáceme | not used | amenácele, amenácese | amenácenos | not used | amenáceles | |
accusative | amenáceme | not used | amenácelo, amenácela, amenácese | amenácenos | not used | amenácelos, amenácelas | |
with first-person plural imperative amenacemos | |||||||
dative | not used | amenacémoste | amenacémosle | amenacémonos | amenacémoos | amenacémosles | |
accusative | not used | amenacémoste | amenacémoslo, amenacémosla | amenacémonos | amenacémoos | amenacémoslos, amenacémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative amenazad | |||||||
dative | amenazadme | not used | amenazadle | amenazadnos | amenazaos | amenazadles | |
accusative | amenazadme | not used | amenazadlo, amenazadla | amenazadnos | amenazaos | amenazadlos, amenazadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative amenacen | |||||||
dative | amenácenme | not used | amenácenle | amenácennos | not used | amenácenles, amenácense | |
accusative | amenácenme | not used | amenácenlo, amenácenla | amenácennos | not used | amenácenlos, amenácenlas, amenácense |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “amenazar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.