ameaçar — meaning in English

English meaning

• frighten verb To make someone feel afraid or alarmed; to scare.
• threaten verb To say that you intend to harm or punish someone.

Senses

ameaçar is used for these senses in English:

• frighten (transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.

frighten — full definition

1. verb To make someone feel afraid or alarmed; to scare.
2. verb To become afraid.

threaten — full definition

1. verb To say that you intend to harm or punish someone.
2. verb To be a source of danger to something.

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