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

• “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.

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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/

• (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)

1. 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

1. feminine singular of emboscado

Participle

emboscada f sg

1. feminine singular of emboscado

Further reading

• “emboscada” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

From emboscar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /embosˈkada/ [ẽm.bosˈka.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: em‧bos‧ca‧da

Noun

emboscada f (plural emboscadas)

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

Participle

emboscada f sg

1. feminine singular of emboscado

Further reading

• “emboscada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014