minacciare

Italian

Etymology

From minaccia (“threat”) or from a Vulgar Latin *mināciāre, present active infinitive of *mināciō (“threaten”), from *minācia (“threat”), from Latin mināx, mināciae (“threatening”), from minor (“threaten”). Compare Catalan amenaçar, French menacer, Occitan amenaçar, Portuguese ameaçar, Romanian ameninţa, Friulian menaçâ, Sicilian amminazzari, Spanish amenazar.

Verb

minacciare

1. (transitive) to threaten, to menace

Derived terms

Derived terms

• minaccia
• minacciarsi

• minacciato
• minaccioso

Anagrams

• emicranica
• minaccerai