asediar

v.

1 to lay siege to (military).

2 to besiege, to beset, to beleaguer, to bedevil.

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asediar

Conjugation model [CAMBIAR], like cambiar

► verbo transitivo

1 to besiege, lay siege to

2 figurado to besiege, pester, harass

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verb

to besiege

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VT

1) (Mil) to besiege; (Náut) to blockade

2) (=molestar) to bother, pester; [+ amante] to chase, lay siege to frm

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verbo transitivo

a) (Mil) <ciudad> to lay siege to, besiege; <ejército> to surround, besiege

b) (acosar) <persona> to besiege

la asediaron con preguntas — they besieged her with questions

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= plague, beat + a path to + Posesivo + door, importune, pester, stalk, bedevil.

Ex. Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.

Ex. The article is titled 'Our mousetrap's fine: so why aren't people beating a path to our door?' = El artículo se titula "Nuestra ratonera está bien, entonces ¿por qué la gente no nos asedia?".

Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.

Ex. And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.

Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.

Ex. The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.

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* asediado por problemas = embattled.

* asediar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.

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verbo transitivo

a) (Mil) <ciudad> to lay siege to, besiege; <ejército> to surround, besiege

b) (acosar) <persona> to besiege

la asediaron con preguntas — they besieged her with questions

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= plague, beat + a path to + Posesivo + door, importune, pester, stalk, bedevil.

Ex: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.

Ex: The article is titled 'Our mousetrap's fine: so why aren't people beating a path to our door?' = El artículo se titula "Nuestra ratonera está bien, entonces ¿por qué la gente no nos asedia?".

Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.

Ex: And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.

Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.

Ex: The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.

* asediado por problemas = embattled.

* asediar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.

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asediar [A1 ]

vt

1 (Mil) ‹fortaleza/ciudad› to lay siege to, besiege, blockade; ‹ejército› to surround, besiege

2 (acosar) ‹persona› to besiege

asediaron a la cantante con preguntas they besieged the singer, firing questions at her

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asediar (conjugate asediar) verbo transitivo

a) (Mil) ‹ciudad› to lay siege to, besiege;

‹ejército› to surround, besiege

b) (acosar) ‹persona› to besiege

asediar verbo transitivo to besiege
'asediar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acosar
- acribillar
English:
besiege
- mob

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asediar vt

1. [ciudad] to lay siege to, to besiege

2. [persona]

los fans la asediaban pidiéndole autógrafos she was besieged by fans asking for autographs;

el equipo visitante asedió la portería rival the away team laid siege to their opponents' goal;

lo asediaron a preguntas he was bombarded with questions

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asediar

v/t tb fig

besiege

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asediar vt

1) sitiar: to besiege

2) acosar: to harass