jeopardize

English

Alternative forms

• jeopardise (British)

Etymology

jeopardy +‎ -ize

Verb

jeopardize (third-person singular simple present jeopardiz, present participle ing, simple past and past participle jeopardized)

1. (US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.

   After having an affair with a junior, her chances of promotion were seriously jeopardized.

Translations

put in jeopardy

• Armenian: վտանգել (hy) (vtangel), վտանգի ենթարկել (vtangi entʻarkel)
• Bulgarian: излагам на опасност (izlagam na opasnost)
• Catalan: posar en perill, amenaçar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使受危險／使受危险, 使受危险 (shǐ shòu wéixiǎn), 危害 (zh) (wēihài), 危及 (zh) (wēijí)

• Dutch: bedreigen (nl), in gevaar brengen
• Estonian: ohustama
• Finnish: vaarantaa (fi), saattaa vaaraan
• French: mettre en danger (fr)
• Georgian: საფრთხეში ჩაგდება (saprtxeši čagdeba), განსაცდელში ჩაგდება (gansacdelši čagdeba)
• German: gefährden (de), in Gefahr bringen
• Greek: διακυνδινέυω n (diakyndinéyo)
• Italian: mettere a rischio, minacciare (it)
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• Japanese: 危うくにさらす (あやうにさらす, ayauku ni sarasu)
• Kurdish: ,
• Maori: whakamōrea
• Portuguese: pôr em jogo
• Russian: подверга́ть опа́сности impf (podvergátʹ opásnosti), подве́ргнуть опа́сности pf (podvérgnutʹ opásnosti)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: угро̀зити

  Roman: ugròziti (sh)

• Spanish: poner en peligro, perjudicar (es)
• Swedish: riskera (sv)