pretíti to threaten (z with); to menace
 dež pretí there is a threat of rain
 nebo preti z nevihto the sky threatens a storm
 zgradbi preti zrušenje the building threatens to collapse
 pretili so nam s kaznijo they threatened us with punishment
 pretil mi je z revolverjem he menaced me with his revolver
 slabo vreme preti the weather looks threatening