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 of pohrozit

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), 2008–2025