asediar

Signification

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

Coupé comme

a‧se‧diar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/aseˈdjaɾ/

Étymologie

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.