il menaça

threatened

→ menacer
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #48,810
threatened Past historic form; mainly used in written French.
FR: Il menaça de partir.
EN: He threatened to leave.
Conjugation of menacer
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third menaça —

Il menaça de me punir si je ne me tenais pas correctement.

He threatened to punish me if I didn't behave properly.

L'eau monta, monta et menaça de tous nous engloutir.

The water kept rising and threatened to engulf us all.

— Le Chant de la mer (2014)

L'éruption volcanique menaça le village.

The volcanic eruption threatened the village.

Il me menaça, mais je n'eus pas peur.

He threatened me, but I wasn't afraid.