pohrozit

Czech

Etymology

From po- +‎ hrozit. Compare Polish pogrozić and Russian погрози́ть (pogrozítʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoɦrozɪt]

Verb

pohrozit pf (imperfective hrozit)

1. to threaten [with dative]

   nakonec jsme jí museli pohrozit policií. ― In the end, I'm afraid we had to threaten her with the police.

   tak jste jemu a jeho ženě pohrozil, aby byli zticha. ― So you threatened him and his wife to make him shut up.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	pohrozit, pohroziti	Active adjective	pohrozivší
Verbal noun	pohrožení	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	pohrozím	pohrozíme	—	pohrozme
2nd person	pohrozíš	pohrozíte	pohroz	pohrozte
3rd person	pohrozí	pohrozí	—	—

The verb pohrozit does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	pohrozil	pohrozili	—	—
masculine inanimate		pohrozily		—
feminine	pohrozila		—
neuter	pohrozilo	pohrozila	pohroženo, pohrozeno	—

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	—	pohroziv
feminine + neuter singular	—	pohrozivši
plural	—	pohrozivše

Related terms

• hrozit
• pohroma
• pohrůžka

 

Further reading

• “pohroziti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pohroziti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pohrozit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)