emboscada
Meanings
Noun
1. ambush (an attack launched from a concealed position)
Examples7
Cayó en una emboscada.
He was caught in an ambush.
Era una emboscada.
It was an ambush.
Tom explicó como sería la emboscada.
Tom explained how the ambush would work.
Ellos tendieron una emboscada al enemigo.
They ambushed the enemy.
Se nos ha tendido una emboscada.
We've been ambushed.
El escuadrón se topó con una emboscada y se apresuró a ponerse a cubierto.
The squadron encountered an ambush and scrambled for coverage.