threaten

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• thrĕt′n̩
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈθɹɛt.n̩]
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈθɹɛʔ.n̩]
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• rhymes with -ɛtn̩
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• CMU ARPABET: TH R EH1 T AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English thretenen, from Old English þrēatnian (“to urge, force, compel”), equivalent to threat + -en.

157 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kërcënoj — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Arabic: هَدَّدَ (haddada) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Armenian: սպառնալ (spaṙnal) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Azerbaijani: hədələmək — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Azerbaijani: təhdid etmək — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Azerbaijani: hədə-qorxu gəlmək — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Basque: mehatxatu — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Belarusian: пагража́ць (pahražácʹ) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Bhojpuri: धमकियावल (dhaməkiyāval) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Bulgarian: запла́швам (zaplášvam) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Burmese: ခြိမ်း (hkrim:) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Burmese: ခြိမ်းခြောက် (hkrim:hkrauk) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Catalan: amenaçar — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Cebuano: huga — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Cebuano: hulga — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Cebuano: talhog — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Chinese Mandarin: 威脅 /威胁 (wēixié) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Chinese Mandarin: 恐嚇 /恐吓 (kǒnghè) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Ngazidja Comorian: urisiza — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Czech: hrozit — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Czech: vyhrožovat — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Danish: true — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Dutch: bedreigen — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Dutch: dreigen — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Esperanto: minaci — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Estonian: ähvardama — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Finnish: uhkailla — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• French: menacer — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Friulian: menaçâ — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• German: drohen — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• German: bedrohen — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Gothic: 𐍈𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ƕōtjan) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Greek: απειλώ (apeiló) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Ancient Greek: ἀπειλέω (apeiléō) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Hebrew: איים — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Hindi: धमकाना (dhamkānā) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Hungarian: fenyeget — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Ingrian: heristää — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Interlingua: menaciar — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Irish: bagair — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Italian: minacciare — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Italian: impaurire — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Japanese: 脅す (odosu) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Japanese: 脅迫する (kyōhaku suru) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Japanese: 脅かす — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Khmer: កំញើញ (kɑmñaəñ) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Korean: 위협하다 (wihyeophada) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Korean: 협박하다 (hyeopbakhada) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Lao: ຂູ່ (khū) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Latin: minor — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Latin: minitor — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Macedonian: заканува (zakanuva) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Malay: ugut — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Māori: wananga — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Māori: takutaku — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Māori: kapatau — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Māori: whakaweti — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Māori: whakahakahaka — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Mongolian: айлгах (ajlgax) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Mongolian: сүрдүүлэх (sürdüülex) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Norman: m'nichi — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Norwegian Bokmål: true — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Norwegian Nynorsk: true — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Norwegian Nynorsk: truge — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Occitan: menaçar — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Old English: þrēaġan — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Persian: تهدید کردن (tahdid kardan) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Polish: grozić — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Polish: pogrozić — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Portuguese: ameaçar — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Romanian: amenința — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Russian: грози́ть (grozítʹ) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Russian: угрожа́ть (ugrožátʹ) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Scottish Gaelic: maoidh — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Serbo-Croatian: претити — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Serbo-Croatian: pretiti — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Slovak: hroziť — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Slovene: groziti — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Spanish: conminar — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Spanish: amagar — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Swedish: hota — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Tagalog: pagbantaan — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Tagalog: balaan — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Tajik: таҳдид кардан (tahdid kardan) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Thai: ขู่ (kùu) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Turkish: gözünü korkutmak — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Turkish: tehdit etmek — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Ukrainian: погро́жувати (pohróžuvaty) — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Venetan: minasar — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Venetan: manasar — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Vietnamese: doạ — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Volapük: tädön — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Zazaki: tersaynayen — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• ǃXóõ: ʻǁna̰ha — to make a threat against someone; to use threats
• Bulgarian: заплашвам (zaplašvam) — to menace, or be dangerous
• Catalan: amenaçar — to menace, or be dangerous
• Cebuano: hulga — to menace, or be dangerous
• Chinese Mandarin: 威脅 /威胁 (wēixié) — to menace, or be dangerous
• Chinese Mandarin: 恐嚇 /恐吓 (kǒnghè) — to menace, or be dangerous
• Chinese Mandarin: 有...危險 /有...危险 (yǒu...wéixiǎn) — to menace, or be dangerous
• Ngazidja Comorian: ushangaza — to menace, or be dangerous
• Czech: ohrožovat — to menace, or be dangerous
• Czech: ohrozit — to menace, or be dangerous
• Dutch: bedreigen — to menace, or be dangerous
• Esperanto: minaci — to menace, or be dangerous
• Estonian: ähvardama — to menace, or be dangerous
• Finnish: uhata — to menace, or be dangerous
• Finnish: vaarantaa — to menace, or be dangerous
• French: menacer — to menace, or be dangerous
• German: bedrohen — to menace, or be dangerous
• Irish: bagair — to menace, or be dangerous
• Italian: minacciare — to menace, or be dangerous
• Italian: intimidire — to menace, or be dangerous
• Japanese: 脅かす — to menace, or be dangerous
• Japanese: 威嚇する (ikaku suru) — to menace, or be dangerous
• Latin: insto — to menace, or be dangerous
• Malay: ancam — to menace, or be dangerous
• Māori: wananga — to menace, or be dangerous
• Māori: whakahakahaka — to menace, or be dangerous
• Norman: m'nichi — to menace, or be dangerous
• Norwegian Bokmål: true — to menace, or be dangerous
• Norwegian Nynorsk: true — to menace, or be dangerous
• Norwegian Nynorsk: truge — to menace, or be dangerous
• Occitan: menaçar — to menace, or be dangerous
• Polish: grozić — to menace, or be dangerous
• Polish: zagrozić — to menace, or be dangerous
• Polish: zagrażać — to menace, or be dangerous
• Portuguese: ameaçar — to menace, or be dangerous
• Russian: грози́ть (grozítʹ) — to menace, or be dangerous
• Russian: угрожа́ть (ugrožátʹ) — to menace, or be dangerous
• Slovene: groziti — to menace, or be dangerous
• Spanish: amagar — to menace, or be dangerous
• Thai: คุกคาม — to menace, or be dangerous
• Ukrainian: загро́жувати (zahróžuvaty) — to menace, or be dangerous
• Arabic: أَنْذَرَ (ʔanḏara) — to portend, or give a warning of
• Bulgarian: заканвам се (zakanvam se) — to portend, or give a warning of
• Catalan: amenaçar — to portend, or give a warning of
• Estonian: ähvardama — to portend, or give a warning of
• Finnish: enteillä — to portend, or give a warning of
• Finnish: uhata — to portend, or give a warning of
• German: androhen — to portend, or give a warning of
• Irish: bagair — to portend, or give a warning of
• Italian: avvisare — to portend, or give a warning of
• Italian: promettere — to portend, or give a warning of
• Japanese: 威嚇する (ikaku suru) — to portend, or give a warning of
• Māori: kapatau — to portend, or give a warning of
• Māori: hākiwakiwa — to portend, or give a warning of
• Māori: takareko — to portend, or give a warning of
• Norwegian Bokmål: true — to portend, or give a warning of
• Norwegian Nynorsk: true — to portend, or give a warning of
• Norwegian Nynorsk: truge — to portend, or give a warning of
• Polish: grozić — to portend, or give a warning of
• Polish: pogrozić — to portend, or give a warning of
• Portuguese: ameaçar — to portend, or give a warning of
• Russian: предвеща́ть (predveščátʹ) — to portend, or give a warning of
• Slovene: groziti — to portend, or give a warning of
• Spanish: amagar — to portend, or give a warning of