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

References

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