ameaça

See also: amẽaça

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -asɐ
  • Hyphenation: a‧me‧a‧ça

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese amẽaça, mẽaça, from Latin minācia, a noun based on mināx (“threatening”).

Noun

ameaça f (plural ameaças)

  1. threat (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
    Suas ameaças não me dão medo!
    Your threats don't scare me!
  2. threat; menace (person or object that is regarded as a danger)
  3. (figurative) an indication that something bad may occur
    O trovão foi uma ameaça de tempestade.
    The thunder indicated a storm.
    Synonym: ameaço
Derived terms

Verb

ameaça

  1. inflection of ameaçar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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