assail

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assail
[əˈseɪl]
verbo transitivo
1asaltar, agredir (attack)(with con)
  • to assail somebody with questions -> asediar a alguien a preguntas
  • assailed by doubt -> asaltado(a) por la duda

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assail [a-seil]
  • The beggars assailed him -> los mendigos le asaltaron
va. Acometer, invadir, asaltar, atacar, embestir.

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assail [əˈseɪl]
verb:transitive
(formal)
1 (attack) acometer; atacar; atacar
he was assailed by critics le atacaron los críticos
The opposition's newspapers assail the government every day Mr Clinton was assailed by the very women's groups he had sought to please
a sound assailed my ear un ruido penetró (en) mis oídos
2 (bombard)
to assail sb with questions asaltar bombardear a algn a preguntas;or freír a algn a preguntas; (informal) they assailed her with questions la asaltaron bombardearon a preguntas;or la frieron a preguntas; (informal)
he was assailed by doubts doubts assailed him le asaltaban las dudas
The scent of burning metal assailed his nostrils

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Verb Conjugation for "assail"

Imperative
  • assail
  • you assail
  • he/she assails
  • we assail
  • you assail
  • they assail
Preterite
  • I assailed
  • you assailed
  • he/she assailed
  • we assailed
  • you assailed
  • they assailed
Present Continuous
  • I am assailing
  • you are assailing
  • he/she is assailing
  • we are assailing
  • you are assailing
  • they are assailing
Present Perfect
  • I have assailed
  • you have assailed
  • he/she has assailed
  • we have assailed
  • you have assailed
  • they have assailed
Past Continuous
  • I was assailing
  • you were assailing
  • he/she was assailing
  • we were assailing
  • you were assailing
  • they were assailing
Past Perfect
  • I had assailed
  • you had assailed
  • he/she had assailed
  • we had assailed
  • you had assailed
  • they had assailed
Future
  • I will assail
  • you will assail
  • he/she will assail
  • we will assail
  • you will assail
  • they will assail
Future Perfect
  • I will have assailed
  • you will have assailed
  • he/she will have assailed
  • we will have assailed
  • you will have assailed
  • they will have assailed
Future Continuous
  • I will be assailing
  • you will be assailing
  • he/she will be assailing
  • we will be assailing
  • you will be assailing
  • they will be assailing
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been assailing
  • you have been assailing
  • he/she has been assailing
  • we have been assailing
  • you have been assailing
  • they have been assailing
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been assailing
  • you will have been assailing
  • he/she will have been assailing
  • we will have been assailing
  • you will have been assailing
  • they will have been assailing
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been assailing
  • you had been assailing
  • he/she had been assailing
  • we had been assailing
  • you had been assailing
  • they had been assailing
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