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embestir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • accost verb To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
  • charge noun An amount of money asked for a service or product.
  • pounce verb To leap suddenly on something in order to seize it.
  • ram noun An adult male sheep.

Senses

embestir is used for these senses in English:

  • charge (military, transitive, and, intransitive) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
  • pounce (intransitive) To attack suddenly by leaping.
  • ram (ambitransitive) To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function.

accost — full definition

  1. verb To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
  2. verb To join side to side; to border.
  3. verb To sail along the coast or side of.
  4. verb To approach; to come up to.

charge — full definition

  1. noun An amount of money asked for a service or product.
  2. noun A formal accusation that someone has committed a crime.
  3. noun A sudden, forceful rush forward, especially in an attack.
  4. verb To ask someone to pay a particular amount.
  5. verb To formally accuse someone of a crime.

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