amẽaçar

See also: ameaçar

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ameaçar
• mẽaçar, meaçar

Etymology

From a- +‎ mẽaça (“threat”) +‎ -ar, or from a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *admināciāre (“to threaten”) < *mināciāre (“threaten”), from *minācia (“threat”), from Latin mināx, mināciae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mẽ.a.ˈt͡saɾ/

Verb

amẽaçar

1. to threaten
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de Toledo, cantiga 32 (facsimile):

     Eſta xxxiiijª. e como ſ(ant)a m(aria) amẽaçou o biſpo que deſcomũgou ó crerigo

     This thirty-fourth song tells how Saint Mary threatened the bishop who excommunicated the priest

Descendants

• Galician: ameazar
• Portuguese: ameaçar