lie in wait

English

Verb

lie in wait

To be hiding, waiting to ambush or attack someone, or simply to accost them unexpectedly.

Translations

to be hiding to ambush

Armenian: դարանակալել (hy) (daranakalel)
Bulgarian: дебна (bg) (débna)
French: être à l'affût
Greek:
Ancient: ἐνεδρεύω (enedreúō), φυλάσσω (phulássō)
Hebrew: אָרַב‎ (aráv)
Icelandic: sitja um, liggja í launsátri, sitja fyrir
Italian: appostarsi
Japanese: 張り込む (harikomu)

Latin: aucupor, īnsidior
Manx: fo-lhie
Portuguese: emboscar-se, tocaiar (pt) (Brazil)
Quechua: chapatiyay
Russian: злоумы́слить (zloumýslitʹ)
Spanish: estar al acecho
Turkish: pusuya yatmak (tr), pusu kurmak (tr)
Westrobothnian: gjet ut
ǃXóõ: ǂqàa

References

“lie in wait for somebody” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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