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il menaçait

was threatening, threatened

→ menacer
menaç threaten + ait il/elle imperfect conjugation
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #41,826
was threatening, threatened Imperfect form of « menacer »; often followed by « de » and an infinitive to say what someone threatened to do.
FR: Il menaçait de partir.
EN: He was threatening to leave.
was threatening, threatened Can also describe a danger or force that was looming over someone or something.
FR: Un danger menaçait la ville.
EN: A danger was threatening the city.
Conjugation of menacer
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third menaçait —

Et ce fichier audio qu'Im menaçait de divulguer ?

And what about that audio file Im was threatening to release?

— Decision to Leave (2022)

Un torrent d’idées menaçait de me noyer.

A torrent of ideas threatened to drown me.

Elle menaçait de s'ouvrir les veines.

She was threatening to slit her wrists.

— Shutter (2004)

Ça menaçait ma société.

It was threatening my company.

— The Dark Knight : Le Chevalier noir (2008)

Nul danger ne le menaçait.

He was in no danger.

Dan menaçait de tuer Linda.

Dan threatened to kill Linda.

Il menaçait de vous tuer.

He threatened to kill you.

— Léviathan (2014)