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emboscada

ambush

noun em-boss-KAH-dah Rare

Usage Note

Emboscada is feminine and refers to a surprise military or criminal attack from a concealed position. The verb is emboscar ('to ambush'). The idiom caer en una emboscada ('to fall into an ambush') is the standard way to express being ambushed.

Examples

"Las tropas cayeron en una emboscada en el bosque."

Natural Translation

The troops fell into an ambush in the forest.

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