lie in wait

lie in wait

English

Verb

lie in wait

1. To be hiding, waiting to ambush or attack someone, or simply to accost them unexpectedly.

Translations

to be hiding to ambush

Armenian: դարանակալել (hy) (daranakalel) Bulgarian: дебна (bg) (débna) French: être à l'affût Greek: Ancient: ἐνεδρεύω (enedreúō), φυλάσσω (phulássō) Hebrew: אָרַב‎ (aráv) Icelandic: sitja um, liggja í launsátri, sitja fyrir Italian: appostarsi Japanese: 張り込む (harikomu)

Latin: aucupor, īnsidior Manx: fo-lhie Portuguese: emboscar-se, tocaiar (pt) (Brazil) Quechua: chapatiyay Russian: злоумы́слить (zloumýslitʹ) Spanish: estar al acecho Turkish: pusuya yatmak (tr), pusu kurmak (tr) Westrobothnian: gjet ut ǃXóõ: ǂqàa

References

• “lie in wait for somebody” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English