asediar
Spanish
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to besiege, to beleaguer to beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender
- (transitive) to bother, to pester
Etymology
Derived from Latin obsidiāri.
Origin
Latin
obsidiāri
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- assediāre Latin
- obsidiāri Latin
- assediamento Italian
- assediare Italian
- assediatore Italian
- riassediare Italian
- assiéger French
- asediador Spanish, Castilian