Ella Verbsamenazar to threaten, to menace Irregular Verb
At a glance: Amenazar (to threaten, to menace) is a widely used irregular verbs in Spanish. In the present tense: amenazo, amenazas, amenaza, amenazamos, amenazáis, amenazan. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo changes z to c (amenacé); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (amenace).

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The Indicative Present of amenazar is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, “amenazo”, meaning “I threaten”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | amenazo | I threaten |
| Tú | amenazas | you threaten |
| Ella / Él / Usted | amenaza | s/he threatens |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | amenazamos | we threaten |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | amenazáis | you (plural) threaten |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | amenazan | they threaten |
How it’s built: Regular: stem amenaz- plus the -ar endings.
The Indicative Preterite of amenazar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “amenacé”, meaning “I threatened”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | amenacé | I threatened |
| Tú | amenazaste | you threatened |
| Ella / Él / Usted | amenazó | s/he threatened |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | amenazamos | we threatened |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | amenazasteis | you (plural) threatened |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | amenazaron | they threatened |
How it’s built: Yo changes z to c (amenacé); the other forms are regular.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Indicative Imperfect of amenazar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “amenazaba”, meaning “I used to threaten”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | amenazaba | I used to threaten |
| Tú | amenazabas | you used to threaten |
| Ella / Él / Usted | amenazaba | s/he used to threaten |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | amenazábamos | we used to threaten |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | amenazabais | you (plural) used to threaten |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | amenazaban | they used to threaten |
How it’s built: Regular: stem amenaz- plus the -ar endings.
The Indicative Present Continuous of amenazar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy amenazando”, meaning “I am threatening”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy amenazando | I am threatening |
| Tú | estás amenazando | you are threatening |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está amenazando | s/he is threatening |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos amenazando | we are threatening |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis amenazando | you (plural) are threatening |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están amenazando | they are threatening |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund amenazando.
The Indicative Informal Future of amenazar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a amenazar”, meaning “I am going to threaten”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a amenazar | I am going to threaten |
| Tú | vas a amenazar | you are going to threaten |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a amenazar | s/he is going to threaten |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a amenazar | we are going to threaten |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a amenazar | you (plural) are going to threaten |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a amenazar | they are going to threaten |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive amenazar.
The Indicative Future of amenazar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “amenazaré”, meaning “I will threaten”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | amenazaré | I will threaten |
| Tú | amenazarás | you will threaten |
| Ella / Él / Usted | amenazará | s/he will threaten |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | amenazaremos | we will threaten |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | amenazaréis | you (plural) will threaten |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | amenazarán | they will threaten |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive amenazar plus the future endings.
The Indicative Conditional of amenazar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “amenazaría”, meaning “I would threaten”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | amenazaría | I would threaten |
| Tú | amenazarías | you would threaten |
| Ella / Él / Usted | amenazaría | s/he would threaten |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | amenazaríamos | we would threaten |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | amenazaríais | you (plural) would threaten |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | amenazarían | they would threaten |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive amenazar plus the conditional endings.
The Indicative Present Perfect of amenazar is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, “he amenazado”, meaning “I have threatened”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he amenazado | I have threatened |
| Tú | has amenazado | you have threatened |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha amenazado | s/he has threatened |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos amenazado | we have threatened |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis amenazado | you (plural) have threatened |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han amenazado | they have threatened |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle amenazado.
The Indicative Past Perfect of amenazar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había amenazado”, meaning “I had threatened”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había amenazado | I had threatened |
| Tú | habías amenazado | you had threatened |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había amenazado | s/he had threatened |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos amenazado | we had threatened |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais amenazado | you (plural) had threatened |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían amenazado | they had threatened |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle amenazado.
The Indicative Future Perfect of amenazar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré amenazado”, meaning “I will have threatened”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré amenazado | I will have threatened |
| Tú | habrás amenazado | you will have threatened |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá amenazado | s/he will have threatened |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos amenazado | we will have threatened |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis amenazado | you (plural) will have threatened |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán amenazado | they will have threatened |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle amenazado.
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of amenazar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría amenazado”, meaning “I would have threatened”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría amenazado | I would have threatened |
| Tú | habrías amenazado | you would have threatened |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría amenazado | s/he would have threatened |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos amenazado | we would have threatened |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais amenazado | you (plural) would have threatened |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían amenazado | they would have threatened |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle amenazado.
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The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, “amenace”, meaning “I threaten”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | amenace | I threaten |
| Tú | amenaces | you threaten |
| Ella / Él / Usted | amenace | s/he threatens |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | amenacemos | we threaten |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | amenacéis | you (plural) threaten |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | amenacen | they threaten |
How it’s built: Every form changes z to c (amenace, amenaces, amenace, amenacemos, amenacéis, amenacen).
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, “amenazara”, meaning “I threatened”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | amenazara | I threatened |
| Tú | amenazaras | you threatened |
| Ella / Él / Usted | amenazara | s/he threatened |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | amenazáramos | we threatened |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | amenazarais | you (plural) threatened |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | amenazaran | they threatened |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, amenazaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (amenazáramos).
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “amenazare”, meaning “I will threaten”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | amenazare | I will threaten |
| Tú | amenazares | you will threaten |
| Ella / Él / Usted | amenazare | s/he will threaten |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | amenazáremos | we will threaten |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | amenazareis | you (plural) will threaten |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | amenazaren | they will threaten |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, amenazaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (amenazáremos).
The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, “haya amenazado”, meaning “I have threatened”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya amenazado | I have threatened |
| Tú | hayas amenazado | you have threatened |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya amenazado | s/he has threatened |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos amenazado | we have threatened |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis amenazado | you (plural) have threatened |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan amenazado | they have threatened |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle amenazado.
The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, “hubiera amenazado”, meaning “I had threatened”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera amenazado | I had threatened |
| Tú | hubieras amenazado | you had threatened |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera amenazado | s/he had threatened |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos amenazado | we had threatened |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais amenazado | you (plural) had threatened |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran amenazado | they had threatened |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle amenazado.
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, “hubiere amenazado”, meaning “I will have threatened”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere amenazado | I will have threatened |
| Tú | hubieres amenazado | you will have threatened |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere amenazado | s/he will have threatened |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos amenazado | we will have threatened |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis amenazado | you (plural) will have threatened |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren amenazado | they will have threatened |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle amenazado.
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “amenace”, meaning “(to you formal) threaten!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | amenaza | (to you) threaten! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | amenace | (to you formal) threaten! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | amenacemos | let's threaten! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | amenazad | (to you plural) threaten! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | amenacen | (to you plural formal) threaten! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (amenaza); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (amenace, amenacemos, amenacen); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (amenazad).
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no amenace”, meaning “(to you formal) don't threaten!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no amenaces | (to you) don't threaten! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no amenace | (to you formal) don't threaten! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no amenacemos | let's not threaten! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no amenacéis | (to you plural) don't threaten! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no amenacen | (to you plural formal) don't threaten! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no amenaces, no amenace, no amenacemos, no amenacéis, no amenacen.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
Amenazar is an irregular Spanish verb. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo changes z to c (amenacé); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (amenace).
In the present tense (presente), amenazar is conjugated as: yo amenazo, tú amenazas, él/ella/usted amenaza, nosotros amenazamos, vosotros amenazáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes amenazan. The present tense is used To talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths.
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), amenazar is conjugated as: yo amenacé, tú amenazaste, él/ella/usted amenazó, nosotros amenazamos, vosotros amenazasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes amenazaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), amenazar is conjugated as: yo amenazaba, tú amenazabas, él/ella/usted amenazaba, nosotros amenazábamos, vosotros amenazabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes amenazaban. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.
In the future tense (futuro simple), amenazar is conjugated as: yo amenazaré, tú amenazarás, él/ella/usted amenazará, nosotros amenazaremos, vosotros amenazaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes amenazarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), amenazar is conjugated as: yo amenace, tú amenaces, él/ella/usted amenace, nosotros amenacemos, vosotros amenacéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes amenacen. The present subjunctive is used To talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about.
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