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Amenazar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to threaten”.
Below are all of the conjugations for amenazar in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to threaten |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | amenazar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está amenazando) and past continuous (estaba amenazando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. threatening).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he amenazado and hubiera amenazado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have threatened).
| Gerundio / Gerund | amenazando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | amenazado |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I threaten” or “they threaten”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | amenazo |
| Tú | amenazas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amenaza |
| Nosotros / as | amenazamos |
| Vosotros / as | amenazáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amenazan |
| Vos | amenazás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I threatened” or “she threatened” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | amenacé | I threatened |
| Tú | amenazaste | You threatened |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amenazó | He / she / you threatened |
| Nosotros / as | amenazamos | We threatened |
| Vosotros / as | amenazasteis | You threatened |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amenazaron | They / you threatened |
| Vos | amenazaste | You threatened |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was threatening” or “she was threatening” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | amenazaba | I was threatening |
| Tú | amenazabas | You were threatening |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amenazaba | He was / she was / you were threatening |
| Nosotros / as | amenazábamos | We were threatening |
| Vosotros / as | amenazabais | You were threatening |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amenazaban | They / you were threatening |
| Vos | amenazabas | You were threatening |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have threatened” and “she has threatened”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he amenazado | I have threatened |
| Tú | has amenazado | You have threatened |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha amenazado | He has / she has / you have threatened |
| Nosotros / as | hemos amenazado | We have threatened |
| Vosotros / as | habéis amenazado | You have threatened |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han amenazado | They / you have threatened |
| Vos | has amenazado | You have threatened |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would threaten” or “she would threaten”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | amenazaría | I would threaten |
| Tú | amenazarías | You would threaten |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amenazaría | He / she / you would threaten |
| Nosotros / as | amenazaríamos | We would threaten |
| Vosotros / as | amenazaríais | You would threaten |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amenazarían | They / you would threaten |
| Vos | amenazarías | You would threaten |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will threaten” or “they will threaten”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a amenazar” means “They are going to threaten”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | amenazaré | I will threaten |
| Tú | amenazarás | You will threaten |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amenazará | He / she / you will threaten |
| Nosotros / as | amenazaremos | We will threaten |
| Vosotros / as | amenazaréis | You will threaten |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amenazarán | They / you will threaten |
| Vos | amenazarás | You will threaten |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | amenace |
| Tú | amenaces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amenace |
| Nosotros / as | amenacemos |
| Vosotros / as | amenacéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amenacen |
| Vos | amenaces |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | amenazara | amenazase |
| Tú | amenazaras | amenazase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amenazara | amenazase |
| Nosotros / as | amenazáramos | amenazásemos |
| Vosotros / as | amenazarais | amenazaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amenazaran | amenazasen |
| Vos | amenazaras | amenazase |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | amenazare |
| Tú | amenazares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amenazare |
| Nosotros / as | amenazáremos |
| Vosotros / as | amenazareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amenazaren |
| Vos | amenazares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “threaten!” and “don’t threaten!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | amenaza | no amenaces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amenace | no amenace |
| Nosotros / as | amenacemos | no amenacemos |
| Vosotros / as | amenazad | no amenacéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amenacen | no amenacen |
| Vos | amenazá | no amenaces |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya amenazado |
| Tú | hayas amenazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya amenazado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos amenazado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis amenazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan amenazado |
| Vos | hayas amenazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera amenazado / hubiese amenazado |
| Tú | hubieras amenazado / hubieses amenazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera amenazado / hubiese amenazado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos amenazado / hubiésemos amenazado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais amenazado / hubieseis amenazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran amenazado / hubiesen amenazado |
| Vos | hubieras amenazado / hubieses amenazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere amenazado |
| Tú | hubieres amenazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere amenazado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos amenazado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis amenazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren amenazado |
| Vos | hubieres amenazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté amenazando |
| Tú | estés amenazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté amenazando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos amenazando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis amenazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén amenazando |
| Vos | estés amenazando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera amenazando / estuviese amenazando |
| Tú | estuvieras amenazando / estuvieses amenazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera amenazando / estuviese amenazando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos amenazando / estuviésamos amenazando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais amenazando / estuvieseis amenazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera amenazando / estuviese amenazando |
| Vos | estuvieras amenazando / estuvieses amenazando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere amenazando |
| Tú | estuvieres amenazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere amenazando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos amenazando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis amenazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere amenazando |
| Vos | estuvieres amenazando |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos amenazás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos amenazaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos amenazabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos amenazarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos amenazarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos amenaces |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos amenazaras / Vos amenazase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos amenazá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no amenaces |