asediar

Significat

(transitive) to besiege, to beleaguer (to beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender)
(transitive) to bother, to pester

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a‧se‧diar

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/aseˈdjaɾ/

Etimologia

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin obsidiārī (“to waylay, to ambush”), from obsidium (“siege; ambush”), from obsideō (“to remain, to stay, to frequent; to besiege, to blockade”), whence English obsess.