emboscada

Catalan

Etymology

From emboscar.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /əm.bosˈka.də/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /əm.busˈka.də/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /em.bosˈka.da/

Noun

emboscada f (plural emboscades)

  1. ambush (an attack launched from a concealed position)

Verb

emboscada f sg

  1. past participle of emboscar

Further reading


Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin imboscō, from Frankish *busk, *boscu (bush), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (bush, thicket).

Pronunciation

Noun

emboscada f (plural emboscadas)

  1. ambush, ambuscade (a disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station)
    Synonyms: armadilha, cilada, tocaia, encerrona

Adjective

emboscada f sg

  1. Feminine singular of adjective emboscado.

Verb

emboscada

  1. feminine singular past participle of emboscar

Further reading

  • emboscada” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From emboscar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /embosˈkada/, [ẽmbosˈkaða]

Noun

emboscada f (plural emboscadas)

  1. ambush (an attack launched from a concealed position)

Verb

emboscada f sg

  1. Feminine singular past participle of emboscar.

Further reading

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