amenazar
Spanish, verb/amenaˈθaɾ/
amenazar is spelled A-M-E-N-A-Z-A-R (8 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,293rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amenazar is a Spanish verb meaning “to threaten (“to make threats”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Prometer o insinuar a través de actos o palabras la voluntad de hacer algún mal a alguien”.
What does amenazar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to threaten (“to make threats”)
- 2
to threaten (“to be a threat”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Prometer o insinuar a través de actos o palabras la voluntad de hacer algún mal a alguien. 2. Existir indicios de la ocurrencia próxima de un suceso de carácter adverso. 3. Arrear el ganado.
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 amenazar
- amenazo first-person present singular
- amenacé first-person preterite singular
- amenazado participle past
- c-z alternation
- amenazando gerund
- amenazada feminine participle past
- amenazados masculine participle past
- amenazadas feminine participle past
- amenazas indicative informal present
- amenazás indicative informal present
- amenaza indicative present singular
- amenazamos first-person indicative plural
- amenazáis indicative plural present
- amenazan indicative plural present
- amenazaba first-person imperfect indicative
- amenazabas imperfect indicative second-person
- amenazábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- amenazabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amenazar?
- /amenaˈθaɾ/
- [a.me.naˈθaɾ]
- /amenaˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amenazar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amenazar in Spanish?
amenazar appears 3.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).