emboscada
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.bosˈka.dɐ/
emboscada is spelled E-M-B-O-S-C-A-D-A (9 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,843rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Emboscada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ambush, ambuscade (a disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of emboscado. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação de se esconder num local para atacar de surpresa”.
What does emboscada mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineambush, ambuscade (a disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of emboscado
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of emboscado
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação de se esconder num local para atacar de surpresa 2. ação que visa enganar
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 emboscada
- emboscadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce emboscada?
- Brazil /ẽ.bosˈka.dɐ/
- Brazil /ĩ.bosˈka.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to emboscada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is emboscada in Portuguese?
emboscada appears 5.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).