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perigo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • danger noun The possibility of harm, injury, or death.
  • distress noun Serious pain, suffering, or worry, especially of an urgent kind.
  • hazard noun A source of danger or risk of harm.
  • jeopardy noun A situation of serious risk of harm, failure, or loss.
  • peril noun A situation of serious, immediate danger.

Senses

perigo is used for these senses in English:

  • distress Serious danger.
  • hazard The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss. [from 16th c.]
  • jeopardy Danger of failure, harm, or loss.
  • peril A situation of serious and immediate danger.
  • peril Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.

danger — full definition

  1. noun The possibility of harm, injury, or death.
  2. noun A specific person or thing that is likely to cause harm.

distress — full definition

  1. noun Serious pain, suffering, or worry, especially of an urgent kind.
  2. verb To cause someone anxiety, pain, or worry.

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