assediar
Portuguese, verb/a.se.d͡ʒiˈa(ʁ)/
assediar is spelled A-S-S-E-D-I-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,239th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Assediar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to besiege; to siege (lay siege to)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cercar”.
What does assediar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to besiege; to siege (lay siege to)
- 2
to harass (annoy endlessly)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. cercar 2. importunar
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo assediar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo assediar 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo assediar 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo assediar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of assediar
- assedio first-person present singular
- assediei first-person preterite singular
- assediado participle past
- assediares infinitive second-person singular
- assediarmos first-person infinitive plural
- assediardes infinitive plural second-person
- assediarem infinitive plural third-person
- assediando gerund
- assediados masculine participle past
- assediada feminine participle past
- assediadas feminine participle past
- assedias indicative present second-person
- assedia indicative present singular
- assediamos first-person indicative plural
- assediais indicative plural present
- assediam indicative plural present
- assediava first-person imperfect indicative
- assediavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce assediar?
- Brazil /a.se.d͡ʒiˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.se.d͡ʒiˈa(h)]
- Brazil /a.seˈd͡ʒja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to assediar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is assediar in Portuguese?
assediar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).