pretiti

претити

/prěːtiti/ · imperfective

VERB

(someone) to threaten

Komšija nam stalno preti policijom. — Our neighbour keeps threatening us with the police.

Šef mu je pretio otkazom. — His boss threatened him with dismissal.
(of danger) to threaten; to loom

Gradu preti poplava. — The city is threatened by flooding.

Nekim vrstama preti izumiranje. — Some species face extinction.

The person threatened is in the dative, the means in the instrumental: pretiti nekome nečim.

Synonyms:

ugrožavati zastrašivati

Forms

Past (masc.): pretio

Imperative: preti