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amenazar

to threaten

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The Spanish verb amenazar means to threaten.

Present tense:

yoamenazo
amenazas
él/ella/ustedamenaza
nosotrosamenazamos
vosotrosamenazáis
ellos/ellas/ustedesamenazan

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subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesamenazaran
yoamenazara
amenazaras
vosotrosamenazarais
nosotrosamenazáramos
él/ella/ustedamenazara

The imperfect subjunctive is based on the preterite third-person plural: amenazara, amenazaras, amenazara...

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesamenacen
yoamenace
amenaces
vosotrosamenacéis
nosotrosamenacemos
él/ella/ustedamenace

The present subjunctive requires a spelling change from 'z' to 'c' in all forms: amenace, amenaces, amenace...

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imperative

negative

no amenaces
vosotrosno amenacéis
ustedesno amenacen
nosotrosno amenacemos
ustedno amenace

Always uses the present subjunctive forms: no amenaces, no amenace, no amenacen.

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affirmative

amenaza
vosotrosamenazad
ustedesamenacen
nosotrosamenacemos
ustedamenace

Use 'amenaza' for informal commands and 'amenace' for formal ones, noting the z-to-c change in formal forms.

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedesamenazarían
yoamenazaría
amenazarías
vosotrosamenazaríais
nosotrosamenazaríamos
él/ella/ustedamenazaría

The conditional is regular: amenazaría, amenazarías, amenazaría...

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedesamenazaron
yoamenacé
amenazaste
vosotrosamenazasteis
nosotrosamenazamos
él/ella/ustedamenazó

The preterite features a spelling change in the 'yo' form (amenacé) to keep the 'th/s' sound, but is otherwise regular.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesamenazaban
yoamenazaba
amenazabas
vosotrosamenazabais
nosotrosamenazábamos
él/ella/ustedamenazaba

The imperfect of amenazar is entirely regular: amenazaba, amenazabas, amenazaba...

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesamenazan
yoamenazo
amenazas
vosotrosamenazáis
nosotrosamenazamos
él/ella/ustedamenaza

The present of amenazar is regular except for the z-to-c spelling change in the subjunctive (not here), following standard -ar patterns: amenazo, amenazas, amenaza...

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedesamenazarán
yoamenazaré
amenazarás
vosotrosamenazaréis
nosotrosamenazaremos
él/ella/ustedamenazará

The future tense is regular; simply add the endings to the infinitive: amenazaré, amenazarás, amenazará.

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