asonada
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From asonar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]asonada f (plural asonadas)
- uprising; riot
- Synonym: tumulto
- cometer una asonada
- revolt, mutiny, stage a coup
- preparar una asonada
- plan a rebellion
- provocar una asonada
- provoke a riot
- una asonada militar
- a military mutiny
- 1891, Benito Pérez Galdós, Ángel Guerra:
- No está en mi carácter lanzarme a la calle trabuco en mano, en día de asonada. No sirvo para eso. Los tiros me ponen nervioso.
- It's not in my character to jump into the street holding a blunderbuss on the day of a riot. I'm useless at that. Shooting makes me jumpy.
Participle
[edit]asonada f sg
Further reading
[edit]- “asonada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10