asediar

Meaning

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

Hyphenated as

a‧se‧diar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aseˈdjaɾ/

Etymology

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.