tocaia

Meaning

Noun

ambush (act of concealing oneself and waiting to attack by surprise)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of tocaiar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of tocaiar:

tocaiar

to hide for an ambush

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Concepts

ambush

ambuscade

lying in wait

booby trap

trap

🪤

ambuscado

Synonyms

emboscada

Emboscada

Translations

embuscade

hinderlaag

appostamento

imboscata

embosca

Hinterhalt

ενέδρα

χωσιά

guet-apens

piège

🪤

guet apens

embuche

agguato

calappio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/toˈkaj.ɐ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi (t)okaîa (“shack”).