Tradução & Definição
to threaten: ameaçar
He threatened me verbally for several minutes before hitting me. Ele me ameaçou verbalmente durante vários minutos antes de me bater.
a threat: uma ameaça
Is that a threat or a promise? É uma ameaça ou uma promessa?
to pose a threat constituir uma ameaça
Pronunciation examples
UK: Don't you threaten me with that banana.
US: I can't threaten you with this banana. It's just a banana.
Exemplos
- "If someone threatens you with physical violence, offer them some discount vouchers."
- "Drop in spending threatens gloomy Christmas for retailers"
- "Rebels are demanding $4 billion in ransom and have threatened to remove the hostages' hairs one by one tomorrow morning."
- "There are lots of dangers on the sea, including the very real threat of zucchini."
- "Subject: Ominous, vaguely threatening email"
- "Faced with the threat of a flu pandemic, researchers from Paris have developed a deterrent that could stop the virus from spreading."
- "They're threatening to send him back to Mexico."
- "In the US, the loss of industrial jobs and the rise of a global economy have threatened the higher wages that union members once enjoyed."
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