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1 lay siege to
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2 lay siege
v.poner cerco a. -
3 to lay siege to
(town etc) sitiar, cercar, poner sitio a 2 (person) asediar, acosar -
4 siege
si:‹(an attempt to capture a fort or town by keeping it surrounded by an armed force until it surrenders: The town is under siege.) cerco, sitiosiege n sitiotr[siːʤ]1 SMALLMILITARY/SMALL sitio, cerco2 (by criminals, journalists) asedio\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be under seige estar sitiado,-ato raise the seige levantar el sitiosiege ['si:ʤ, 'si:ʒ] n: sitio mto be under siege: estar sitiadon.• asedio s.m.• sitio s.m.siːdʒnoun sitio m[siːdʒ]state of siege — estado m de sitio
1.N cerco m, sitio mto lay siege to — cercar, sitiar
2.CPDsiege economy N — economía f de sitio
siege mentality N —
siege warfare N — guerra f de sitio or asedio
* * *[siːdʒ]noun sitio mstate of siege — estado m de sitio
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5 asedio
Del verbo asediar: ( conjugate asediar) \ \
asedio es: \ \1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
asedió es: \ \3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativoMultiple Entries: asediar asedio
asediar ( conjugate asediar) verbo transitivo ‹ ejército› to surround, besiege
asediar verbo transitivo to besiege
asedio sustantivo masculino siege ' asedio' also found in these entries: Spanish: cerco English: siege -
6 asediar
asediar ( conjugate asediar) verbo transitivo ‹ ejército› to surround, besiege
asediar verbo transitivo to besiege ' asediar' also found in these entries: Spanish: acosar - acribillar English: besiege - mob
См. также в других словарях:
lay siege to something or someone — lay siege to (something or someone) 1 : to surround (a city, building, etc.) with soldiers or police officers in order to try to take control of it The army laid siege to the city. 2 : to attack (something or someone) constantly or repeatedly… … Useful english dictionary
lay siege to — ► lay siege to conduct a siege of. Main Entry: ↑siege … English terms dictionary
lay siege to something — phrase to surround a place in order to force the people inside to come out Thesaurus: to surround or put something around somethingsynonym Main entry: lay … Useful english dictionary
lay siege to — phrasal 1. : to besiege militarily laid siege to the town 2. : to pursue diligently or persistently : besiege lays siege to Anastasie and is making excellent progress until he ventures a clumsy reference to her father E.K.Brown laid diplomatic… … Useful english dictionary
lay siege — verb a) To besiege, to engage in a siege. And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about. b) To attack continually over a long period … Wiktionary
To lay siege to — Lay Lay (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lay siege to — conduct a siege of. → siege … English new terms dictionary
lay siege to — phrasal 1. to besiege militarily 2. to pursue diligently or persistently … New Collegiate Dictionary
lay siege to — blockade, isolate, take control of … English contemporary dictionary
lay siege to — Besiege, beset, invest … New dictionary of synonyms
lay siege to something — to surround a place in order to force the people inside to come out … English dictionary