jeopardize

English

Alternative forms

jeopardise (British)

Etymology

Verb

jeopardize (third-person singular simple present jeopardizes, present participle jeopardizing, simple past and past participle jeopardized)

(US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.
After having an affair with a junior, her chances of promotion were seriously jeopardized.

Translations

put in jeopardy

Armenian: վտանգել (hy) (vtangel), վտանգի ենթարկել (vtangi entʿarkel)
Catalan: posar en perill, amenaçar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 使受危險, 使受危险 (shǐ shòu wéixiǎn), 危害 (zh) (wēihài), 危及 (zh) (wēijí)
Dutch: bedreigen (nl), in gevaar brengen
Estonian: ohustama
Finnish: vaarantaa (fi), saattaa vaaraan
French: mettre en danger (fr)
German: gefährden (de), in Gefahr bringen
Italian: mettere a rischio, minacciare (it)

Japanese: 危うくにさらす (あやうにさらす, ayauku ni sarasu)
Kurdish: xistina talûkê, xistina metirsiyê
Maori: whakamōrea
Portuguese: pôr em jogo
Russian: подверга́ть опа́сности impf (podvergátʹ opásnosti), подве́ргнуть опа́сности pf (podvérgnutʹ opásnosti)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: угро̀зити

Roman: ugròziti (sh)
Spanish: poner en peligro, perjudicar (es)
Swedish: riskera (sv)

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