Definition
Past tense of 'ambuscado'; attacked or trapped by means of an ambush; caught in a surprise military attack.
Etymology
From 'ambuscado' (ambush) + '-ed' (past tense suffix). A Renaissance-era English verb formation from the Spanish loanword, used primarily in military narratives and historical texts.
Kelly Says
Finding this word in old texts is like discovering a linguistic time capsule—it shows how English soldiers and writers adopted Spanish military terminology wholesale when both nations were learning the brutal craft of modern warfare.
Translations
ARالعربية
مُخْبَر
mu-kha-bar
BNবাংলা
অ্যাম্বুশ
am-bush
DEDeutsch
überfallen
oo-ber-fal-len
ELΕλληνικά
αποκάλυψη
a-po-kal-y-psi
ESEspañol
ambuscado
am-bus-ka-doh
FISuomi
hyökkäys
hyok-ka-ys
FRFrançais
ambusqué
am-boose-keh
IDBahasa Indonesia
ambush
am-bush
ITItaliano
ambush
am-bush
JA日本語
待ち伏せされた
machi-fuese-sa-re-ta
KO한국어
伏撃당했다
puh-geok-dang-ha-e-ta
MSBahasa Melayu
serangan
se-ran-gan
MYမြန်မာ
တပ်မတော်
ta-p-ma-taw
NLNederlands
ambush
am-bush
PLPolski
zasadzka
za-sad-zka
PTPortuguês
embuscado
em-bus-ka-doh
RUРусский
засаженный
za-sa-zhen-nyy
SWKiswahili
ambush
am-bush
TAதமிழ்
காணாமல்
ka-na-am-al
TEతెలుగు
ఒంటిపై
on-ti-pai
THไทย
ลอบโจมตี
loap-chom-tee
UKУкраїнська
засада
za-sa-da
VITiếng Việt
đánh phục kích
dahn-phuc-kich