asediar
Spanish, verb/aseˈdjaɾ/
asediar is spelled A-S-E-D-I-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 80,775th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asediar is a Spanish verb meaning “to besiege, to beleaguer (to beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cercar o bloquear una ciudad o fortificación con tropas”.
What does asediar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to besiege, to beleaguer (to beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender)
- 2
to bother, to pester
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Cercar o bloquear una ciudad o fortificación con tropas 2. Molestar insistentemente a alguno con peticiones
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of asediar
- asedio first-person present singular
- asedié first-person preterite singular
- asediado participle past
- asediando gerund
- asediada feminine participle past
- asediados masculine participle past
- asediadas feminine participle past
- asedias indicative informal present
- asediás indicative informal present
- asedia indicative present singular
- asediamos first-person indicative plural
- asediáis indicative plural present
- asedian indicative plural present
- asediaba first-person imperfect indicative
- asediabas imperfect indicative second-person
- asediábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- asediabais imperfect indicative plural
- asediaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce asediar?
- /aseˈdjaɾ/
- [a.seˈð̞jaɾ]
- [aseˈð̞jaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to asediar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is asediar in Spanish?
asediar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).