/Sounds like 'chan-tah-HEH-ar'/
To blackmail someone — manipulating them by threatening to reveal damaging information unless they comply. Chantajear goes beyond ordinary pressure; it's calculated leverage, the dark art of weaponizing someone's secrets against them.
"Lo estaban chantajeando con unas fotos comprometedoras."
"Intentó chantajearme para que no contara lo que vi. → They were blackmailing him with some compromising photos."
"He tried to blackmail me so I wouldn't tell what I saw."
/Sounds like 'chan-tah-HEH-ar'/
To blackmail someone — manipulating them by threatening to reveal damaging information unless they comply. Chantajear goes beyond ordinary pressure; it's calculated leverage, the dark art of weaponizing someone's secrets against them.
"Lo estaban chantajeando con unas fotos comprometedoras."
"Intentó chantajearme para que no contara lo que vi. → They were blackmailing him with some compromising photos."
"He tried to blackmail me so I wouldn't tell what I saw."