amedrentamiento
Spanish, noun[ameð̞ɾẽn̪t̪aˈmjẽn̪t̪o]
amedrentamiento is spelled A-M-E-D-R-E-N-T-A-M-I-E-N-T-O (15 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 88,614th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amedrentamiento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “scare tactic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de amedrentar (causar temor) o de amedrentarse (sentir miedo)”.
What does amedrentamiento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescare tactic
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de amedrentar (causar temor) o de amedrentarse (sentir miedo).
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of amedrentamiento
- amedrentamientos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amedrentamiento?
- [ameð̞ɾẽn̪t̪aˈmjẽn̪t̪o]
- [ameð̞ɾẽn̪t̪amiˈẽn̪t̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is amedrentamiento in Spanish?
amedrentamiento appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).