verb

hota

threaten

Att säga eller göra något som får någon att känna rädsla för att något ont ska hända.

Hota means to threaten:

To say or suggest that you will harm someone or cause trouble: “He threatened me.”
To pose a danger to something: “The fire threatened the building.”
To be likely to happen, especially something unpleasant: “A storm threatened.”

Hota is a verb. Its principal forms are hota, hotar, hotade, hotat. It is related to the noun hot , meaning “threat.”

hota can mean threaten in the sense of posing a danger. äventyra means “endanger” and focuses on putting something at risk.
varna means “warn.” Unlike hota, it usually aims to alert someone to danger rather than intimidate them.
skydda , “protect,” can be an opposite when hota means to pose a danger.

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Du ska aldrig hota andra människor.verb

You should never threaten other people.

Mannen börjar hota sin vän under telefonsamtalet.verb

The man begins to threaten his friend during the phone call.

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