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Galician
Verb
ameaça
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of ameaçar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -asɐ
- Hyphenation: a‧me‧a‧ça
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese amẽaça, mẽaça, from Latin minācia, a noun based on mināx (“threatening”).
Noun
ameaça f (plural ameaças)
- threat (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
Suas ameaças não me dão medo!- Your threats don't scare me!
- threat; menace (person or object that is regarded as a danger)
- (figurative) an indication that something bad may occur
- Synonym: ameaço
O trovão foi uma ameaça de tempestade.- The thunder indicated a storm.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
ameaça
- inflection of ameaçar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative