ambuscade

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (dated) An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy.
2. The place in which troops lie hidden for an ambush.
3. The body of troops lying in ambush.

Verb

To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.

Conceptes

emboscada

celada

amagar-se

estar amagat

embosca

Sinònims

ambush

lying in wait

lie in wait

waylay

bushwhack

lurk

trap

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lurking-place

scupper

dry-gulching

lurking place

ambuscado

booby trap

ensnare

prowl

skulk

snoop

stalk

lie in wait for

an assault by surprise

Traduccions

embuscade

ενέδρα

imboscata

Hinterhalt

emboscada

auflauern

hinderlaag

emboscada

tocaia

embusquer

pusu

appostamento

emboscar

piège

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈæmbəsˌkeɪd/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From French embuscade, from Italian imboscata from the past participle of imboscare (“to ambush”), from Vulgar Latin *imbosco (“I hide, ambush”) (see there for more), from Frankish *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, heavy stick”). Compare ambush. More at bush.