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)
- ambush (an attack launched from a concealed position)
Verb
emboscada f sg
- past participle of emboscar
Further reading
- “emboscada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “emboscada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “emboscada” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “emboscada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
Nominalization of the feminine past participle of emboscar (“to ambush”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bosˈka.dɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bosˈka.dɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.boʃˈka.dɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.boʃˈka.dɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bosˈka.da/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bosˈka.da/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.buʃˈka.dɐ/ [ẽ.buʃˈka.ðɐ]
Noun
emboscada f (plural emboscadas)
- ambush, ambuscade (a disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station)
- Synonyms: armadilha, cilada, tocaia, encerrona
Related terms
- bosque
- emboscado
- emboscar
Adjective
emboscada f sg
- feminine singular of emboscado
Participle
emboscada f sg
- feminine singular of emboscado
Further reading
- “emboscada” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From emboscar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /embosˈkada/ [ẽm.bosˈka.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: em‧bos‧ca‧da
Noun
emboscada f (plural emboscadas)
- ambush (an attack launched from a concealed position)
Participle
emboscada f sg
- feminine singular of emboscado
Further reading
- “emboscada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014