English-Spanish translations for ambush

• emboscada
  También ha mencionado las emboscadas de patentes. You also mentioned patent ambushes.
  El domingo por la mañana, 12 soldados turcos y 32 kurdos murieron en una emboscada kurda. On Sunday morning, 12 Turkish soldiers and 32 Kurds were killed in a Kurdish ambush.
  Maria Grazia Cutulli, Julio Fuentes, Harry Burton y Azizullah Haidari han sido víctimas de una emboscada entre Jalalabad y Kabul. Maria Grazia Cutulli, Julio Fuentes, Harry Burton and Azizullah Haidari were killed in an ambush between Jalalabad and Kabul.
• emboscar
• encerrona

Definition of ambush

• The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
• The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait
• To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy
• To attack by ambush; to waylay

Related words

• ambusher
• ambushee
• ambush marketing
• ambush predator