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

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