threaten

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Verb

Plain form (yanzu) threaten

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) threatens

Past tense (ya wuce) threatened

Past participle (ya wuce) threatened

Present participle (ana cikin yi) threatening

1. To make a threat against someone; to say that you are going to do something harmful to that person <> barazana wa, razanar da.
   1. Satan caused an infuriated king of Babylon to threaten three young Hebrews <> Shaiɗan ya sa sarkin Babila da ya fusata ya razanar da matasa Ibraniyawa uku [1]
   2. After Joe ran off with Fred's wife, Fred threatened to kill him.