ambuscade

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

emboscada

celada

acecho

encerrona

Sinónimos

ambush

lying in wait

lie in wait

waylay

bushwhack

lurk

trap

🪤

lurking-place

scupper

dry-gulching

lurking place

ambuscado

booby trap

ensnare

prowl

skulk

snoop

stalk

lie in wait for

an assault by surprise

Traducciones

embuscade

emboscada

ενέδρα

imboscata

Hinterhalt

auflauern

hinderlaag

pusu

tocaia

embusquer

appostamento

emboscar

comploter

χωσιά

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈæmbəsˌkeɪd/

Etimología (Inglés)

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.