ameaçar

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See also: amẽaçar

Galician

Verb

ameaçar (first-person singular present ameaço, first-person singular preterite ameacei, past participle ameaçado, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of ameazar

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References

  • ameaçar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese amẽaçar, a variant of mẽaçar, either from mẽaça (threat) + -ar, or from a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *admināciāre (to threaten) < *mināciāre (threaten), from minācia (threat), from Latin mināciae. Cognate with English menace. Compare Catalan and Occitan amenaçar, French menacer, Galician ameazar, Italian minacciare, Romanian amenința, Sicilian amminazzari, Spanish amenazar.

Pronunciation

 
 

Verb

ameaçar (first-person singular present ameaço, first-person singular preterite ameacei, past participle ameaçado)

  1. to threaten (to make a threat against someone; to use threats)
    Synonym: intimidar
  2. to endanger, menace
  3. (catenative) to portend, threaten

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