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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *admināciāre < *mināciāre, a verb based on Latin minācia (threat).

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Verb

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amenaçar (first-person singular present amenaço, first-person singular preterite amenací, past participle amenaçat)

  1. (transitive) to threaten; to menace
    • 2008, Miquel Pujol i Palol, Les plantes cultivades. 1. Cereals, →ISBN, page 105:
      Els camps de conreu són amenaçats per l'expansió de la urbanització del territori, com és el cas de la nova carretera de la fotografia 175.
      Croplands are threatened by the expansion of urbanization in the territory, such as the case of the new highway in photograph 175.

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Occitan

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *admināciāre < *mināciāre, a verb based on Latin minācia (threat).

Verb

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amenaçar

  1. (transitive) to threaten; to menace

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