Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ameaçar
• mẽaçar, meaçar

Verb

amẽaçar

1. to threaten
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, To codex, cantiga 32 (facsimile):

     Eſta xxxiiijª. e como ſ(ant)a m(aria) amẽaçou o biſpo que deſcomũgou ó crerigo‎

     This thirty-fourth song tells how Saint Mary threatened the bishop who excommunicated the priest

Descendants

• Galician: ameazar
• Portuguese: ameaçar