asedio

/aˈseðjo/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los asedios

Meaning

  1. siege

    • El asedio duró un año.

      The siege lasted a year.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

cerco

asedio and cerco are close synonyms for "siege"; cerco also separately means "fence."

Similar in other languages

German

Belagerung

Belagerung is the German word for the same thing — both mean "siege."

Portuguese

cerco

cerco is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "siege."

Practice

1 What does asedio mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ duró un año.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches asedio?

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