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empty threats

  • 1 minaccia

    f (pl -cce) threat
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    minaccia s.f. threat, menace (anche dir.): il suo discorso era pieno di velate minacce, his speech was full of veiled threats; si è arreso alle nostre minacce, he gave in to our threats; proferire minacce, to utter threats; vane minacce, empty threats; silenzio gravido di minacce, ominous silence; gesto di minaccia, menacing (o threatening) gesture; lo fecero accettare con le minacce, they bullied him into accepting; c'è una minaccia di pioggia, (fig.) there is a threat of rain in the sky (o it looks like rain); è una minaccia per la pace del mondo, (fig.) it is a menace to world peace; la ditta vive sotto la minaccia di un crollo finanziario, (fig.) the threat of a financial crash hangs over the company.
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    pl. -ce [mi'nattʃa, tʃe] sostantivo femminile threat, menace

    fare delle -ce a qcn. — to make threats against sb.

    tenere qcn. sotto la minaccia di un'arma, di un coltello — to hold sb. up at gunpoint, at knife-point

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    minaccia
    pl. -ce /mi'natt∫a, t∫e/
    sostantivo f.
    threat, menace; fare delle -ce a qcn. to make threats against sb.; subire -ce to come under threat; minaccia di morte death threat; costituire una minaccia per to pose a threat to; tenere qcn. sotto la minaccia di un'arma, di un coltello to hold sb. up at gunpoint, at knife-point.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > minaccia

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