Asediar
Example: El ejército empezó a asediar la ciudad al amanecer.
Definition
"Asediar" means to surround a place, especially a city or fortress, with armed forces to cut off supplies and compel surrender. For example, an army might asediar a city at dawn to force its inhabitants to give up.
Etymology
The word "asediar" comes from the Spanish noun "asedio," meaning siege, which itself derives from the Latin "obsidium." The verb evolved to describe the military act of laying siege, a tactic dating back to ancient warfare. Did you know that "asediar" literally captures the idea of 'sitting around' a place until it yields?
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"Asediar" appears in the Vocaplus list "Spanish - History - (A2) - set 1", containing 210 commonly used words.
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