asonada
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Etymology
From asonar.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
asonada f sg
Further reading
- “asonada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
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