Daily Verb Lesson: French for threaten is menacer
The French for threaten is the regular ER verb menacer.To remember this, imagine you are threatened by MANY a MENACE!
menacer can also mean: be menacing, to pose a threat to; to jeopardise.
Related words include:
- la menace (nf) : threat, menace.
- menaçant (adj/pp) : threatening, menacing, looking nasty.
- se faire menaçant : to look threatening; start to make threats.
About 143 ER verbs end in CER. Before the letter a or o, the c changes to ç so that the c remains soft (like the c in cedilla rather than c in cat).
Examples of this family of verb conjugations: bercer, effacer, enfoncer, foncer, menacer, pincer, remplacer.
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Imagine you are threatened by MANY A MENACE!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent threaten |
menace | menaces | menace | menaçons | menacez | menacent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait threatened |
menaçais | menaçais | menaçait | menacions | menaciez | menaçaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple threatened |
menaçai | menaças | menaça | menaçâmes | menaçâtes | menacèrent |
| Future Futur will threaten |
menacerai | menaceras | menacera | menacerons | menacerez | menaceront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would threaten |
menacerais | menacerais | menacerait | menacerions | menaceriez | menaceraient |
| Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may threaten |
menace | menaces | menace | menacions | menaciez | menacent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have threatened |
ai menacé | as menacé | a menacé | avons menacé | avez menacé | ont menacé |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had threatened |
avais menacé | avais menacé | avait menacé | avions menacé | aviez menacé | avaient menacé |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have threatened |
aurai menacé | auras menacé | aura menacé | aurons menacé | aurez menacé | auront menacé |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have threatened |
aurais menacé | aurais menacé | aurait menacé | aurions menacé | auriez menacé | auraient menacé |
| Imperative Imperatif Threaten! |
menace ! | menaçons ! | menacez ! | |||
✔ menacer is a regular ER verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French.
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