ambush

emboscada

Ataque de personas que estaban escondidas esperando a alguien.

En inglés sencillo: An attack made by people who have been hiding and waiting for someone.

• The soldiers prepared an ambush.
• Their convoy drove into an ambush.
• Armed men lay in ambush beside the road.

Cómo se usa: lie in ambush for someone (The fighters lay in ambush for the patrol.)

Sinónimos: surprise attack

Expresiones frecuentes: set an ambush, lie in ambush

emboscar

Esconderse y esperar a alguien para atacarlo de repente.

En inglés sencillo: To hide and wait for someone, then attack them suddenly.

• They ambushed the patrol.
• The convoy was ambushed near the bridge.
• Armed men waited to ambush passing vehicles.

Sinónimos: waylay

Expresiones frecuentes: ambush a convoy, ambush someone