(straszyć) to threaten, to menace
(zagrażać) to threaten, to be imminent, to impend
grozić komuś: to threaten over sb, to impend over sb
(zagrażać) to be imminent, to menace
~ (komuś) to threaten (sb), to menace (sb)
~ komuś użyciem siły to threaten to tear sb limb from limb
~ komuś palcem to wag one's finger at sb
vi imperf
1. (straszyć) to threaten: ~ł mi rewolwerem he was threatening me witha gun
~ komuś śmiercią to threaten to kill sb.
2. (pogrozić) to make threatening gestures: ~ komuś pięścią to shake one's fist at sb.
3. (zagrażać) to threaten: ~i mu bankructwo he is threatened with bankruptcy
vi to threaten (komuś czymś - sb with sth), to menace
grozi nam burza - we are threatened with a storm
grozi epidemia - an epidemic is imminent
to menace, to threaten~ nożem - to threaten with a knife~ śmiercią - to threaten with death
vt to threaten, to menace ~ komuś karą to threaten to punish sb
threaten, impend, be imminent
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to threaten, to menace
imperf threaten (ko-muś czymś sb with sth), menace
~ nam burza we are threatened with a storm
~ epidemia an epidemic is imminent