emboscar

Meaning

to ambush (to lie in wait for, or to attack)

Concepts

ambush

lurk

bushwhack

ambuscade

storm

surprise

waylay

lie in wait

scupper

snipe

Synonyms

estar em uma emboscada

Translations

emboscar

lauern

auflauern

اِقْتحم

παραμονεύω

comploter

estar amagat

aus dem Hinterhalt überfallen

επιτίθεμαι

εφορμώ

wegelagern

στήνω ενέδρα

amagar-se

embuscade

عصف

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ẽ.bosˈka(ʁ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin imboscāre, from Frankish *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”).