No. 1,037 in Swedish
hotade
"Hotade" means "threatened" in English.
In a sentence
Tjuven hotade personalen med ett vapen.
The thief threatened the staff with a weapon.
The word 'hotade' is used here to indicate an act of intimidation or threat towards others.
Miljöaktivisterna var bekymrade över hotade arter.
The environmental activists were concerned about threatened species.
Here, 'hotade' is used to describe species that are endangered or under threat of extinction.
Han hotade att avslöja hemligheten om de inte samarbetade.
He threatened to reveal the secret if they did not cooperate.
In this case, 'hotade' refers to a verbal expression of potential negative action to compel cooperation.
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