Polyglot Dictionary

atentado

/atenˈtaðo/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los atentados

Meaning

  1. attack

    • Hubo un atentado en la capital.

      There was an attack in the capital.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

ataque

atentado specifically means a terrorist attack or attempted assassination; ataque is the general word for "attack," including a medical one, like a heart attack.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

ataque

ataque is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "attack."

Practice

1 What does atentado mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hubo un ___ en la capital.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches atentado?

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