¿Qué significa threaten en inglés?

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threaten Significado & definición

0 to tell someone that you will do something bad to them if they do not do what you want -- amenazar
- He threatened to call the police.
1 to use threats to try to make sb do sth -- amenazar
- The judge threatened her with jail. El juez la amenazó con la cárcel.
- The group threatened to blow up the bridge. El grupo amenazó con volar el puente.
2 to be likely to cause damage -- amenazante
- a storm threatening the coast una tormenta que amenaza la costa
- two animals that are threatened with extinction dos animales en peligro de extinción.‎
3 (of sth bad) to be likely to happen or affect sth -- acechar
- when danger threatens cuando el peligro acecha

However, several challenges persist which may threaten the stability of the country.
But the source is threatening to run dry.
This blow was all that they needed to accentuate a spiralling crisis that is threatening many airlines with closure.
Although environmental targets have been at the top of the world's political agenda for more than twenty years now, many factors still threaten maritime biodiversity.
Should you threaten violence in a situation like this?
They will therefore not hesitate to intimidate or even threaten those who seek to reform these adoption procedures.
I trust the experience he gained will help him do as much for the war which is threatening the entire planet as we speak.
The regime responds only when it feels threatened.