ameaça

== Galician == === Verb === ameaça (reintegrationist norm) inflection of ameaçar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -asɐ Hyphenation: a‧me‧a‧ça === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese amẽaça, mẽaça, from Latin minācia, a noun based on mināx (“threatening”). ==== Noun ==== ameaça f (plural ameaças) threat (expression of intent to injure or punish another) ameaça de morte ― death threat threat; menace (person or object that is regarded as a danger) (figurative) an indication that something bad may occur Synonym: ameaço ===== Derived terms ===== ameaçar ameaçazinha (diminutive) ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== ameaça inflection of ameaçar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “ameaça”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “ameaça”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026