threat

amenaza, peligro

Persona o cosa que puede hacer daño o causar problemas graves.

En inglés sencillo: Someone or something that could hurt people or cause serious problems.

• The loose wire is a threat to safety.
• Pollution poses a serious threat to wildlife.
• Are these insects a threat to our crops?

Cómo se usa: a threat to someone/something (This disease is a threat to young trees.)

Sinónimos: danger, hazard

Expresiones frecuentes: pose a threat, serious threat, security threat

amenaza

Palabras que anuncian daño o problemas para alguien, a menudo para obligarlo a hacer algo.

En inglés sencillo: Words saying you will hurt someone or cause trouble, often to make them do something.

• He made a threat against me.
• She received threats after speaking publicly.
• His threat to leave made them reconsider.

Cómo se usa: a threat to do something (His threat to quit worried his manager.)

Expresiones frecuentes: make a threat, death threat, empty threat, violent threat

amenaza, riesgo

Señal o posibilidad de que pronto ocurra algo perjudicial.

En inglés sencillo: A sign or possibility that something harmful may happen soon.

• The threat of rain kept us indoors.
• There was no immediate threat of violence.
• They closed the school because of a bomb threat.

Cómo se usa: the threat of something (The threat of flooding forced us to leave.)

Sinónimos: risk, danger

Expresiones frecuentes: threat of rain, immediate threat, looming threat