amenaza

• menaza

From Latin minācia, a noun based on mināx (“threatening”).

• IPA^(key): /ameˈnaθa/ [a.meˈna.θa]
• Rhymes: -aθa
• Syllabification: a‧me‧na‧za

amenaza f (plural amenaces)

1. threat

• amenazar

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “amenaza”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “amenaza”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ameˈnaθa/ [a.meˈna.θa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ameˈnasa/ [a.meˈna.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aθa (Spain)
• Rhymes: -asa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: a‧me‧na‧za

Inherited from Old Spanish menaça, from Latin minācia (“threat”), noun based on mināx (“threatening”). Compare Portuguese ameaça.

amenaza f (plural amenazas)

1. threat, menace
   • 2025 July 7, Sophie Tanno, “Aumentan los llamados para prohibir al partido ultraderechista AfD en Alemania, pese a su creciente popularidad”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     En mayo, la agencia de inteligencia interna del país clasificó formalmente a la AfD como una entidad extremista que representa una amenaza para la democracia.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

amenaza

1. inflection of amenazar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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