What does atentado in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word atentado in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use atentado in Spanish.

The word atentado in Spanish means attack, affront, attempt, attempt to do, put at risk, How dangerous!, What madness!, invasion of privacy, violation of privacy, assault against human rights, threat to human rights, attack on human rights. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word atentado

attack

nombre masculino (acto violento)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Un nuevo atentado terrorista sembró el pánico en Madrid.
A new terrorist attack spread fear across Madrid.

affront

nombre masculino (abuso por autoridad)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Pedirle que se desnudara para registrarle fue un atentado contra su integridad.
Asking her to take her clothes off to frisk her was an affront against her integrity.

attempt

nombre masculino (ataque político)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El ataque del mes pasado fue interpretado como un atentado contra el gobierno actual.
The attempt from last month was interpreted as an attack against the current government.

attempt to do

verbo intransitivo (agredir, atacar) (illegal act)

Dos hombres armados atentaron contra el presidente.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Gerard made an attempt to rob a bank but was caught by the police.

put at risk

verbo intransitivo (actuar con negligencia)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
La empresa fue multada por atentar contra la salud pública.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Dumping chemical waste into the lake puts public health at risk.

How dangerous!, What madness!

locución interjectiva (CR, coloquial (¡qué peligro!)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
¿Y se montaron los seis en ese carrito? ¡Qué atentado!

invasion of privacy, violation of privacy

locución nominal masculina (derecho: tipo de delito)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Se catalogó el caso como un atentado contra la intimidad.
The case was ruled an invasion of privacy.

assault against human rights, threat to human rights, attack on human rights

locución nominal masculina (derecho: tipo de delito)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El genocidio armenio fue un atentado contra los derechos humanos.
The Armenian genocide was an attack on human rights.

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