угрожать
Translation of угрожать
threaten
Russian word in Latin letters: ugrozhat
Meaning of угрожать
заявлять, что причините вред или неприятности
to say that you will harm someone or cause trouble
Pronunciation
Traps and common mistakes
Угрожать его or угрожать ему?
угрожать ему
угрожать takes the dative: угрожать ему
Don't say угрожать его. Say угрожать ему: this verb takes the dative.
Никто тебе не угрожает.
Nobody is threatening you.
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Do not threaten your brother like that.
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Не угрожай так своему брату.
He threatened to tell our parents.
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Он угрожал рассказать всё нашим родителям.
угрожать synonyms
What's the difference between угрожать, грозить, and запугивать
Same meaning, a bit more conversational.
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To frighten someone into obeying.
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угрожать meaning: what does it mean?
to say that you will harm someone or cause trouble
угрожать pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?
угрожать is pronounced as [ʊɡrɐˈʐatʲ]. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.
угрожать definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?
Do not threaten your brother like that. Translation: Не угрожай так своему брату.
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