Asedio in english
Siege
pronunciation: sidʒ part of speech: noun
pronunciation: sidʒ part of speech: noun
In gestures
asediar = plague ; beat + a path to + Posesivo + door ; importune ; pester ; stalk ; bedevil ; badger ; bend + Posesivo + ear.
Example: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.Example: The article is titled 'Our mousetrap's fine: so why aren't people beating a path to our door?' = The article is titled 'Our mousetrap's fine: so why aren't people beating a path to our door?'.Example: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Example: And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.Example: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.Example: The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.Example: My employer is bullying and badgering me and trying to either make me quit or fire me.Example: She was the person that others would search out to bend her ear and many times they would not be able to walk away without a hug and an encouraging word.more:
» asediado por problemas = embattled .
Example: An embattled professor is fighting a legal battle with the University over why the courses he usually teaches were discontinued this year.» asediar a/con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions ; grill ; bombard + Nombre + with questions .
Example: She spent long hours in a cramped conference room, her fractured ankle propped on a trash can, as lawyers took turns peppering her with questions. Example: The police would like to grill her, but she steadfastly refuses to say anything. Example: The students grabbed the opportunity to bombard her with questions and came away inspired by her humility and her humour.