ameaçar
See also: amẽaçar
GalicianEdit
VerbEdit
ameaçar (first-person singular present ameaço, first-person singular preterite ameacei, past participle ameaçado)
- Alternative form of ameazar
ReferencesEdit
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old 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 mināx, mināciae. Cognate with English menace. Compare Catalan amenaçar, French menacer, Galician ameazar, Italian minacciare, Occitan amenaçar, Romanian amenința, Sicilian amminazzari, Spanish amenazar.
PronunciationEdit
- (Portugal) IPA(key): [ɐˌmjɐˈsaɾ]
- (Paulista) IPA(key): [aˌmeaˈsa(ɹ)]
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): [aˌmeaˈsa(ɻ)]
- (Carioca) IPA(key): [aˌmeaˈsa(χ)]
- (Nordestino) IPA(key): [aˌmeaˈsaː]
VerbEdit
ameaçar (first-person singular present indicative ameaço, past participle ameaçado)
- to threaten (to make a threat against someone; to use threats)
- to endanger, menace
- (catenative) to portend, threaten
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb ameaçar
SynonymsEdit
- (1) intimidar