How to Say "terrorism" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “terrorism” is “terrorismo” — B2 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.
Examples
El mundo se unió para luchar contra el terrorismo.
The world united to fight against terrorism.
Cualquier acto de terrorismo es inaceptable.
Any act of terrorism is unacceptable.
Debemos prevenir el terrorismo internacional.
We must prevent international terrorism.
Predicting Gender with -ismo
Most words ending in '-ismo' (like 'capitalismo', 'optimismo', or 'terrorismo') are masculine. This is a reliable pattern you can use to guess the gender of many abstract concepts.
Don't forget the 'El'
Mistake: “Hablamos sobre terrorismo.”
Correction: Hablamos sobre EL terrorismo. In Spanish, when talking about general concepts or 'isms', we usually need to put 'the' (el/la) in front of the word, even if we don't do that in English.
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