assediar — meaning in English

English meaning

• besiege verb To surround a place with soldiers in order to force the people inside to give up.
• fatigue noun Extreme tiredness, whether physical or mental, from exertion or lack of rest.
• harass verb To repeatedly trouble, pester, or intimidate someone, especially in a way that is unwanted or illegal.
• invest verb To put money into something, such as a business, property, or shares, in the hope of making a profit.

Senses

assediar is used for these senses in English:

• besiege (transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
• besiege (transitive, figuratively) To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.
• besiege to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.
• fatigue (transitive) To tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion.
• harass To annoy (someone) frequently or systematically; to pester.
• invest (intransitive) To cause to be involved in; to cause to form strong attachments to.

besiege — full definition

1. verb To surround a place with soldiers in order to force the people inside to give up.
2. verb To trouble or surround someone persistently.
3. verb To keep asking someone for something, again and again.

fatigue — full definition

1. noun Extreme tiredness, whether physical or mental, from exertion or lack of rest.
2. verb To make someone very tired through effort or exertion.
3. noun (engineering) The weakening of a material caused by repeated stress over time.

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