amenazar

From amenaza (“threat”). Alternatively, from a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *admināciāre (“to threaten”) < *mināciāre (“threaten”), from minācia (“threat”).

amenazar (first-person singular indicative present amenazo, past participle amenazáu)

1. to threaten

• amenaza

From amenaza (“threat”) +‎ -ar. Alternatively, from a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *admināciāre (“to threaten”) < *mināciāre (“threaten”), from minācia (“threat”). Compare Catalan amenaçar, French menacer, Italian minacciare, Occitan amenaçar, Portuguese ameaçar, Romanian ameninţa, Sicilian amminazzari.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /amenaˈθaɾ/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /amenaˈsaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧me‧na‧zar

amenazar (first-person singular present amenazo, first-person singular preterite amenacé, past participle amenazado)

1. (transitive) to threaten

   Synonym: amagar

• “amenazar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10