amenaza

/ameˈnaθa/, [a.meˈna.θa]

threat


Noun amenaza f (plural amenazas)

  1. threat, menace

Verb amenaza

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of amenazar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of amenazar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) present indicative form of amenazar.

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Examples
  • Amenaza con llover.

    It is threatening to rain.

  • Si le debo dinero a una persona, no puedo pagarle, y él me amenaza con meterme a prisión, otra persona puede cargarse la deuda a si mismo y pagarla por mí.

    If I owe a person money, and cannot pay him, and he threatens to put me in prison, another person can take the debt upon himself, and pay it for me.

  • Quien mucho amenaza no es peligroso.

    He who makes many threats is not dangerous.

  • La escuela se cerró por la amenaza de bomba.

    The school closed because of a bomb threat.

  • Él ve a cualquier soltura como amenaza a su virilidad, así que él siempre comienza los juegos en modo difícil y termina atascado en el primer nivel por días.

    He sees any easiness as a threat to his masculinity, so he always starts games on hard mode and ends up stuck on the first level for days.

  • Las armas nucleares son una amenaza para la humanidad entera.

    Nuclear weapons are a threat to all humanity.

  • La avaricia humana amenaza la existencia de muchas especies.

    Human greed is threatening the existence of many species.

  • Eso suena como una amenaza.

    That sounds like a threat.

  • Amenaza lluvia.

    It threatens to rain.

  • No le subestimes; créeme, cumplirá su amenaza.

    Don't underestimate him. Believe me, he'll make good on his threat.

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