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threaten* * *minacciare v.tr.1 to threaten, to menace (anche dir.): minacciarono vendetta, they threatened revenge; minacciare guerra, to threaten war; minacciare qlcu. di arresto, di morte, to threaten s.o. with arrest, with death; minacciare qlcu. di ricorrere a misure legali, to threaten to take s.o. to law; minacciare un testimone, to intimidate a witness; mi-nacciò di licenziarsi, he threatened to resign; minacciò di uccidermi, he threatened to kill me2 (fig.) (mettere in pericolo) to menace, to threaten: un contrasto che minaccia la pace, a disagreement that menaces the peace; il mio viaggio è minacciato dallo sciopero aereo; my trip is threatened by the air strike3 (fig.) (far presentire un danno) to threaten: il cielo minaccia temporale, the sky is threatening; il mare minaccia burrasca, the sea is threatening; la febbre minaccia di salire, the temperature is threatening to rise4 (fig. letter.) (sovrastare minacciosamente) to loom over (sthg.): il castello minaccia il villaggio, the castle looms over the village.* * *[minat'tʃare]verbo transitivo1) (spaventare) to threaten, to menaceminacciare qcn. con un coltello — to threaten sb. at knife-point
2) fig. (preannunciare)3) fig. (mettere a rischio) to pose a threat to [paese, salute]essere minacciato — [equilibrio, tranquillità, economia] to be in jeopardy o peril
4) fig. (rischiare)* * *minacciare/minat't∫are/ [1]1 (spaventare) to threaten, to menace; minacciare qcn. con un coltello to threaten sb. at knife-point; essere minacciato to be under threat; sentirsi minacciato to feel threatened; essere minacciato di morte to be threatened with death3 fig. (mettere a rischio) to pose a threat to [paese, salute]; essere minacciato [equilibrio, tranquillità, economia] to be in jeopardy o peril -
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