amedrentar

Spanish

Alternative forms

• amedrantar

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Portuguese amedrontar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amedɾenˈtaɾ/ [a.me.ð̞ɾẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧me‧dren‧tar

Verb

amedrentar (first-person singular present amedrento, first-person singular preterite amedrenté, past participle amedrentado)

1. (transitive) to intimidate, to frighten

   Synonyms: intimidar; see also Thesaurus:asustar

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 21:

     [La Calchona] corre por el campo ladrando incesantemente, y cuando los perros la oyen, se amedrentan y prorrumpen en aullidos muy tristes.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amedrentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			amedrentar
gerund			amedrentando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amedrentado		amedrentada
		plural		amedrentados		amedrentadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	amedrento	amedrentastú amedrentásvos	amedrenta	amedrentamos	amedrentáis	amedrentan
	imperfect	amedrentaba	amedrentabas	amedrentaba	amedrentábamos	amedrentabais	amedrentaban
	preterite	amedrenté	amedrentaste	amedrentó	amedrentamos	amedrentasteis	amedrentaron
	future	amedrentaré	amedrentarás	amedrentará	amedrentaremos	amedrentaréis	amedrentarán
	conditional	amedrentaría	amedrentarías	amedrentaría	amedrentaríamos	amedrentaríais	amedrentarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	amedrente	amedrentestú amedrentésvos2	amedrente	amedrentemos	amedrentéis	amedrenten
	imperfect (ra)	amedrentara	amedrentaras	amedrentara	amedrentáramos	amedrentarais	amedrentaran
	imperfect (se)	amedrentase	amedrentases	amedrentase	amedrentásemos	amedrentaseis	amedrentasen
	future1	amedrentare	amedrentares	amedrentare	amedrentáremos	amedrentareis	amedrentaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		amedrentatú amedrentávos	amedrente	amedrentemos	amedrentad	amedrenten
	negative		no amedrentes	no amedrente	no amedrentemos	no amedrentéis	no amedrenten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of amedrentar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive amedrentar
	dative	amedrentarme	amedrentarte	amedrentarle, amedrentarse	amedrentarnos	amedrentaros	amedrentarles, amedrentarse
	accusative	amedrentarme	amedrentarte	amedrentarlo, amedrentarla, amedrentarse	amedrentarnos	amedrentaros	amedrentarlos, amedrentarlas, amedrentarse
with gerund amedrentando
	dative	amedrentándome	amedrentándote	amedrentándole, amedrentándose	amedrentándonos	amedrentándoos	amedrentándoles, amedrentándose
	accusative	amedrentándome	amedrentándote	amedrentándolo, amedrentándola, amedrentándose	amedrentándonos	amedrentándoos	amedrentándolos, amedrentándolas, amedrentándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative amedrenta
	dative	amedréntame	amedréntate	amedréntale	amedréntanos	not used	amedréntales
	accusative	amedréntame	amedréntate	amedréntalo, amedréntala	amedréntanos	not used	amedréntalos, amedréntalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative amedrentá
	dative	amedrentame	amedrentate	amedrentale	amedrentanos	not used	amedrentales
	accusative	amedrentame	amedrentate	amedrentalo, amedrentala	amedrentanos	not used	amedrentalos, amedrentalas
with formal second-person singular imperative amedrente
	dative	amedrénteme	not used	amedréntele, amedréntese	amedréntenos	not used	amedrénteles
	accusative	amedrénteme	not used	amedréntelo, amedréntela, amedréntese	amedréntenos	not used	amedréntelos, amedréntelas
with first-person plural imperative amedrentemos
	dative	not used	amedrentémoste	amedrentémosle	amedrentémonos	amedrentémoos	amedrentémosles
	accusative	not used	amedrentémoste	amedrentémoslo, amedrentémosla	amedrentémonos	amedrentémoos	amedrentémoslos, amedrentémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative amedrentad
	dative	amedrentadme	not used	amedrentadle	amedrentadnos	amedrentaos	amedrentadles
	accusative	amedrentadme	not used	amedrentadlo, amedrentadla	amedrentadnos	amedrentaos	amedrentadlos, amedrentadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative amedrenten
	dative	amedréntenme	not used	amedréntenle	amedréntennos	not used	amedréntenles, amedréntense
	accusative	amedréntenme	not used	amedréntenlo, amedréntenla	amedréntennos	not used	amedréntenlos, amedréntenlas, amedréntense

Derived terms

• amedrentador
• amedrentamiento

 

Further reading

• “amedrentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28