emboscada

/embosˈkada/, [ẽm.bosˈka.ð̞a]

ambush


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.

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Era una emboscada.

    It was an ambush.

  • Se nos ha tendido una emboscada.

    We've been ambushed.

  • Cayó en una emboscada.

    He was caught in an ambush.

  • Ellos tendieron una emboscada al enemigo.

    They ambushed the enemy.

  • Tom explicó como sería la emboscada.

    Tom explained how the ambush would work.


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