asediar

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

assiéger

faire le siège de

harceler

faire le siège

Synonymes

sitiar

rodear

cercar

provocar

atosigar

bloquear

confinar

hostigar

plagar

acosar sexualmente

acosar

molestar repetidamente

fastidiar

perseguir

Coupé comme

a‧se‧diar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/aseˈdjaɾ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.