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asediado

besieged

adjective ah-seh-DYAH-doh Rare

Also means

harassed

Usage Note

Asediado is the past participle of asediar used as an adjective. It describes a person or place under siege (literal military use) or, more broadly, someone relentlessly pestered or overwhelmed — se sentía asediada por las preguntas (she felt besieged by questions). The feminine form is asediada. It sits at a higher register than acosado ('harassed'), with which it partly overlaps.

Examples

"El actor llegó asediado por los fotógrafos."

Natural Translation

The actor arrived besieged by photographers.

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