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amenințare

threat /a.me.ninˈt͡sa.re/

noun#1708 most common

Also: menace, threatening act

Example sentences

Aceasta este o amenințare.
This is a threat.
El a primit o amenințare prin telefon.
He received a threat by phone.
Poliția investighează amenințarea trimisă directorului.
The police are investigating the threat sent to the director.
Guvernul a luat în serios amenințarea cu greva generală.
The government took the threat of a general strike seriously.
Amenințările la adresa securității naționale au crescut în ultimii ani.
Threats to national security have grown in recent years.
Diplomații au respins amenințarea cu sancțiuni ca fiind o formă de presiune ilegitimă.
Diplomats rejected the threat of sanctions as an illegitimate form of pressure.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeamenințareaamenințările
Genitiveamenințăriiamenințărilor
Accusativeamenințareaamenințările
Vocativeamenințareamenințărilor

Word family

amenințato threaten
amenințătorthreatening, menacing
amenințatthreatened
amenințărithreats

Etymology

Amenințare is the action noun of the verb a amenința, meaning to threaten. The verb comes from Latin *amminaciare, built on minacia, meaning threat, which itself derives from minax, minacis, threatening. Romanian kept this Latin root while most of its Romance sisters also preserved it, though French and Portuguese later remodeled the word.

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