ameaça

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See also: amẽaça

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-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

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  • Hyphenation: a‧me‧a‧ça

Noun

ameaça f (plural s)

  1. threat (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
  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.

Synonyms

  • (indication of something bad): ameaço

Derived terms

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Verb

ameaça

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