amenaza
See also: amenazá
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin minācia, a noun based on mināx (“threatening”).
Noun
amenaza f (plural amenaces)
- threat
Related terms
- amenazar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ameˈnaθa/ [a.meˈna.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ameˈnasa/ [a.meˈna.sa]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -aθa
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -asa
- Syllabification: a‧me‧na‧za
Etymology 1
From Old Spanish menaça, from Latin minācia (“threat”), noun based on mināx (“threatening”). Compare Portuguese ameaça.
Noun
amenaza f (plural amenazas)
- threat, menace
Derived terms
- amenazar
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
amenaza
- inflection of amenazar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “amenaza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014