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"asaltar" in English

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"asaltar" in English
asaltar{verb}
to blag- to engulf- to hold up- to jump- to ram raid- to rip off- to roll- to rush
asaltar{transitive verb}
to assail- to assault- to attack- to mug- to raid- to rob- to stick up- to storm- to cross one's mind- to strike- to accost
Translations & ExamplesSynonymsContext Examples
TRANSLATIONS & EXAMPLES
asaltar[asaltando · asaltado] {verb}
asaltar(also: atracar)
to blag {v.t.} [Brit.] [coll.] (rob with violence)
asaltar
to engulf[engulfed · engulfed] {v.t.} (feeling)
asaltar
to hold up {vb} (rob)
asaltar(also: atacar)
to jump[jumped · jumped] {v.t.} [coll.] (ambush, attack)
asaltar
to ram raid {v.t.}
asaltar(also: fusilarse, fusilar)
to rip off {vb} [Amer.] (rob)
asaltar
to roll[rolled · rolled] {v.t.} [Amer.] (rob)
asaltar(also: atacar, abalanzarse sobre)
to rush[rushed · rushed] {v.t.} (attack)
asaltar[asaltando · asaltado] {transitive verb}
asaltar
to assail[assailed · assailed] {v.t.}
Por lo tanto, quería votar a favor, pero me ha asaltado una duda.
I therefore intended to vote for the motion but I was assailed by a doubt.
asaltar(also: agredir)
to assault[assaulted · assaulted] {v.t.}
Es vergonzoso que los conductores tengan que vivir con miedo de ser asaltados o robados.
It is disgraceful that drivers should live in fear of assault and robbery.
Se está preparando un nuevo asalto contra las bases.
A new anti-grass roots assault is being prepared.
El pasado 11 de diciembre le asaltaron y le agredieron de forma violenta cuando se disponía a visitar a su abogado.
He had already been assaulted on 11 December when he was violently attacked whilst on his way to visit his lawyer.
asaltar
to attack[attacked · attacked] {v.t.}
Este año, desgraciadamente, los ataques han empezado de nuevo: un camión ha sido asaltado.
Unfortunately this year, these attacks have once again begun and at least one lorry has been attacked.
Es un hecho que en la última semana han sido asaltados otros dos miembros del Parlamento, en concreto, la Sra.
Last week two more Members of Parliament, namely Mrs Pack and Mr Schiedermeier, were attacked.
Situación en Somalia y asalto contra " Médicos sin fronteras
Situation in Somalia and attack against " Médecins sans frontières
asaltar(also: robar, atracar)
to mug {v.t.}
Afirmaron que una mujer había sido asaltada en Eslovaquia por hablar húngaro mientras realizaba una llamada telefónica.
They alleged that a woman had been mugged in Slovakia for speaking Hungarian while making a phone call.
Ayer, sobre las 18.00 horas fui asaltada y atracada, junto con mi asistente, por un grupo de cuatro o cinco jóvenes junto a la entrada de visitantes.
At about 6 p.m. yesterday evening, my assistant and I were mugged by a group of four or five young men at the visitors' entrance to the House.
Ayer, sobre las 18.00 horas fui asaltada y atracada, junto con mi asistente, por un grupo de cuatro o cinco jóvenes junto a la entrada de visitantes.
At about 6 p. m. yesterday evening, my assistant and I were mugged by a group of four or five young men at the visitors ' entrance to the House.
asaltar
to raid[raided · raided] {v.t.}
En Albania la mafia asalta almacenes de armamento bajo el patronazgo del cuestionable Berisha y suministra las armas al ELK.
In Albania, the mafia is raiding arms depots under the patronage of the dubious Berisha, and is supplying weapons to the KLA.
La Comisión no pretende tomar por asalto un presupuesto para encontrar fondos en alguna parte.
It is not a question of the Commission raiding one budget in order to find money elsewhere.
El sábado, 1 de febrero, la policía asaltó brutalmente un centro de oración en el municipio de Yevgenyevka, situado en el noreste de Kazajstán.
On Saturday 1 February police brutally raided a prayer centre in the municipality of Yevgenyevka in the north-east of Kazakhstan.
asaltar(also: desvalijar)
to rob[robbed · robbed] {v.t.}
Señora Presidenta, ayer se me informó de que, nuevamente, una asistente del Sr. Schierhuber fue asaltada en Bruselas. La vivienda del diputado Schiedermeier fue objeto de un robo.
Madam President, I was told that yesterday Mrs Schierhuber's assistant was attacked and robbed in Brussels, and Mr Schiedermeier's flat was broken into.
asaltar(also: robar a mano armada)
to stick up {v.t.} [coll.]
asaltar
to storm {v.t.}
Seguramente hay formas de evitarlo sin necesidad de asaltar la prisión.
Surely there are ways to prevent that without needing to storm the jail.
La primera es: ¿realmente beneficia a alguien el asalto a esa prisión?
The first question is: does it actually benefit anybody to storm this prison?
La primera es:¿realmente beneficia a alguien el asalto a esa prisión?
The first question is: does it actually benefit anybody to storm this prison?
asaltar
to cross one's mind [idiom] (idea)
asaltar(also: percutir, golpear, cascar, pararse)
to strike[struck · struck] {vb}
Los ciudadanos de los países candidatos no son los únicos a los que asalta la duda o la incertidumbre, por otra parte.
The citizens of the candidate countries are not the only ones to be struck by doubt or uncertainty either.
asaltar
to accost[accosted · accosted] {vb} [idiom]

SYNONYMS
Synonyms (Spanish) for "asaltar":
asaltar
abordar- acometer- afrontar- agredir- arremeter- atacar- atentar- atracar- chocar- deformar- distorsionar- embestir- encarar- enfrentarse- golpear
CONTEXT EXAMPLES
Context examples for "asaltar" in English(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.
Seguramente hay formas de evitarlo sin necesidad de asaltar la prisión.
Surely there are ways to prevent that without needing to storm the jail.
Recientemente, en el curso de una noche, más de 1000 africanos negros intentaron asaltar la frontera de Melilla para entrar en la «tierra prometida».
Recently, in the course of one night, over 1000 black Africans tried to storm the border of Melilla as a means of finding their way into the ‘promised land’.
No creo que tenga sentido que un Estado cuyos servicios pueden llevar a cabo asesinatos selectivos necesite asaltar una cárcel para hacer frente a la presunta liberación de los allí encarcelados.
I do not think it makes sense that a state whose services are able to carry out targeted assassinations needs to storm a prison when it comes to the potential release of detainees held there.

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