attack

ataque, agresión

Intento de herir a una persona o causar daños a algo.

En inglés sencillo: An attempt to hurt a person or damage something.

• He survived a violent attack.
• The dog’s attack left her badly hurt.
• Police are investigating attacks on local shops.

Cómo se usa: an attack on someone/something (The attack on the shop happened at night.)

Sinónimos: assault

Expresiones frecuentes: violent attack, attack on someone, dog attack

ataque, crítica

Crítica fuerte que busca dañar la reputación de alguien o debilitar una idea o un derecho.

En inglés sencillo: Strong criticism intended to damage someone’s reputation or weaken an idea or right.

• His speech was an attack on the government.
• She faced personal attacks after the interview.
• They called the ban an attack on freedom.

Cómo se usa: an attack on someone/something (The article contained an attack on her record.)

Sinónimos: criticism, assault

Antónimos: praise

Expresiones frecuentes: personal attack, verbal attack, attack on something

ataque, ofensiva

Acción militar en la que los soldados intentan vencer al enemigo o conquistar un lugar.

En inglés sencillo: A military action in which soldiers try to defeat an enemy or take a place.

• The army launched an attack at dawn.
• Their attack forced the enemy to retreat.
• Several attacks on the bridge failed.

Cómo se usa: an attack on something (They planned an attack on the enemy base.)

Sinónimos: assault, offensive

Antónimos: defence

Expresiones frecuentes: launch an attack, air attack, surprise attack

atacar, agredir

Intentar herir a alguien o dañar algo usando la fuerza.

En inglés sencillo: To try to hurt someone or damage something using force.

• The dog attacked him.
• Soldiers attacked the enemy camp at night.
• Why did they attack the bus?

Sinónimos: assault, strike

Antónimos: defend

Expresiones frecuentes: attack someone, attack a village, attack from behind

criticar, atacar

Criticar o culpar a alguien con mucha dureza.

En inglés sencillo: To criticize or blame someone very strongly.

• He attacked the manager’s behaviour.
• The newspapers attacked her for the mistake.
• She was attacked publicly by her opponents.

Cómo se usa: attack someone for something (They attacked him for wasting public money.)

Sinónimos: criticize, condemn

Antónimos: praise

Expresiones frecuentes: attack someone verbally, attack someone for something, attack someone publicly, attack a policy

atacar, socavar

Intentar destruir o debilitar mucho algo, a menudo hablando en su contra.

En inglés sencillo: To try to destroy or seriously weaken something, often by speaking against it.

• The false claims attacked her reputation.
• His lawyers attacked the witness’s credibility.
• They used rumours to attack his character.

Sinónimos: undermine, assail

Expresiones frecuentes: attack someone’s reputation, attack someone’s credibility, attack someone’s character

abordar, acometer

Empezar a ocuparse de una tarea o un problema con energía y decisión.

En inglés sencillo: To start dealing with a task or problem with energy and determination.

• Let’s attack the hardest problem first.
• She attacked the cleaning with fresh energy.
• We can attack the remaining tasks tomorrow.

Cómo se usa: attack something with something (He attacked the task with enthusiasm.)

Sinónimos: tackle, set about

Expresiones frecuentes: attack a problem, attack a task, attack the homework

de ataque

Entrenado, mantenido o diseñado para combatir, hacer daño o criticar duramente a otros.

En inglés sencillo: Trained, kept, or designed to fight, harm, or strongly criticize others.

• They trained an attack dog.
• An attack helicopter flew over the base.
• The candidate released several attack ads.

Expresiones frecuentes: attack dog, attack helicopter, attack ad