encroach

encroach encroach on, encroach upon
[ɪnˈkrəʊtʃ]
verbo transitivo con partícula
1usurpar (rights); invadir (time, land)

encroach [in-krouch]
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Pasar los límites de la confianza, etc. To encroach upon kindness, abusar de la bondad de alguno. (n)
  • To encroach on/upon something -> invadir algo (on land); cercenar algo (on rights)
va. Usurpar, avanzar gradualmente, irse apoderando poco a poco, apropiarse lo ajeno.

encroach [ɪnˈkrəʊtʃ]
verb:intransitive
avanzar
to encroach (up)on [+time] quitar; [+rights] usurpar; [+land] (of neighbour) invadir; traspasar los límites de; [+land] (by sea) hurtar; invadir; [+someone's subject] invadir

Verb Conjugation for "encroach"

Imperative
  • encroach
  • you encroach
  • he/she encroaches
  • we encroach
  • you encroach
  • they encroach
Preterite
  • I encroached
  • you encroached
  • he/she encroached
  • we encroached
  • you encroached
  • they encroached
Present Continuous
  • I am encroaching
  • you are encroaching
  • he/she is encroaching
  • we are encroaching
  • you are encroaching
  • they are encroaching
Present Perfect
  • I have encroached
  • you have encroached
  • he/she has encroached
  • we have encroached
  • you have encroached
  • they have encroached
Past Continuous
  • I was encroaching
  • you were encroaching
  • he/she was encroaching
  • we were encroaching
  • you were encroaching
  • they were encroaching
Past Perfect
  • I had encroached
  • you had encroached
  • he/she had encroached
  • we had encroached
  • you had encroached
  • they had encroached
Future
  • I will encroach
  • you will encroach
  • he/she will encroach
  • we will encroach
  • you will encroach
  • they will encroach
Future Perfect
  • I will have encroached
  • you will have encroached
  • he/she will have encroached
  • we will have encroached
  • you will have encroached
  • they will have encroached
Future Continuous
  • I will be encroaching
  • you will be encroaching
  • he/she will be encroaching
  • we will be encroaching
  • you will be encroaching
  • they will be encroaching
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been encroaching
  • you have been encroaching
  • he/she has been encroaching
  • we have been encroaching
  • you have been encroaching
  • they have been encroaching
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been encroaching
  • you will have been encroaching
  • he/she will have been encroaching
  • we will have been encroaching
  • you will have been encroaching
  • they will have been encroaching
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been encroaching
  • you had been encroaching
  • he/she had been encroaching
  • we had been encroaching
  • you had been encroaching
  • they had been encroaching

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