ameaça

See also: amẽaça

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese amẽaça, a variant of mẽaça, from Vulgar Latin *minācia, from the plural of Latin mināx (threatening); cf. mināciae (threats). Cognate with Galician ameaza, Spanish amenaza and English menace.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.me.ˈa.sa/, /a.me.ˈa.sɐ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ˈmja.sɐ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧me‧a‧ça

Noun

ameaça f (plural ameaças)

  1. threat (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
  2. threat; menace (person or object that is regarded as a danger)
  3. (figuratively) an indication that something bad may occur
    O trovão foi uma ameaça de tempestade.
    The thunder indicated a storm.

Synonyms

  • (indication of something bad): ameaço

Derived terms

Verb

ameaça

  1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of ameaçar
  2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of ameaçar
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