menacer

to threaten

verb meh-nah-SEH Less Common

Usage Note

Menacer takes a direct object for the person threatened and de plus an infinitive for the threatened action, e.g. menacer quelqu'un de partir. The noun menace (threat) shares the root. It can also be used impersonally to describe imminent bad weather: le ciel menace ('the sky looks threatening').

Examples

"Il a menacé de partir sans elle."

Natural Translation

He threatened to leave without her.

Literal Translation

He has threatened of to-leave without her

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