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endangered (comparative more endangered , superlative most endangered )
in danger , at risk , said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct)
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in danger, at risk
Bulgarian: застрашен (bg) ( zastrašen )
Catalan: en perill
Chinese:
Mandarin: 瀕危 / 濒危 (zh) ( bīnwēi )
Czech: ohrožený (cs)
Dutch: bedreigd (nl)
Finnish: uhanalainen (fi) , erittäin uhanalainen ( IUCN 3.1 )
French: en danger
German: gefährdet (de)
Hebrew: בסיכון ( besicun )
Hungarian: veszélyeztetett (hu)
Indonesian: terancam punah , genting
Italian: a rischio
Japanese: 危機 に 瀕する ( ききにひんする,kiki ni hinsuru ) , 消滅 危機 の ある ( ぜつめつききのある,zetsumetsu kiki no aru )
Māori: tata korehāhā
Polish: zagrożony (pl)
Portuguese: em risco
Russian: угрожа́емый (ru) ( ugrožájemyj ) , вымира́ющий (ru) ( vymirájuščij ) ( dying out ) , исчеза́ющий (ru) ( isčezájuščij ) ( vanishing )
Spanish: en peligro , peligrante , peligrando (es) ( gerund ) , periclitante ( disused ) , periclitando (es) ( gerund, disused ) , apeligrado (es)
Telugu: ముప్పు పొంచి ఉన్న (te) ( muppu poñci unna ) , ప్రమాదంలో ఉన్న (te) ( pramādaṁlō unna ) , అంతరిస్తున్న (te) ( antaristunna ) , అంతరించిపోతున్న (te) ( antariñcipōtunna )
Turkish: nesli tehlikede
Ukrainian: під загрозою зникнення ( pid zahrozoju znyknennja ) , під загрозою вимирання ( pid zahrozoju vymyrannja ) , зникаючий ( znykajučyj )
Welsh: please add this translation if you can
Zulu: ebungozini
endangered
simple past and past participle of endanger