assault
vs
robbery

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"Assault" is a noun which is often translated as "el asalto", and "robbery" is a noun which is often translated as "el robo". Learn more about the difference between "assault" and "robbery" below.

assault(

salt

)

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).

noun

1. (military)

a. el asalto

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

The captain led the assault on the bunker.El capitán comandó el asalto contra el búnker.

b. el ataque

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

The soldiers endured sniper fire during the assault.Durante el ataque, los soldados resistieron los disparos de los francotiradores.

2. (legal)

a. la agresión

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

The man was found guilty of assault and was sentenced to ten years in prison.El hombre fue declarado culpable de agresión y condenado a diez años de cárcel.

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).

transitive verb

3. (military)

a. atacar

The platoon assaulted the enemy base.El pelotón atacó la base enemiga.

b. asaltar

Just when we thought we were safe, we were assaulted by a group of mercenaries.Justo cuando pensamos que estábamos a salvo, nos asaltó un grupo de mercenarios.

4. (to inflict harm)

a. agredir

The customer flew into a rage and assaulted the delivery boy.El cliente montó en cólera y agredió al repartidor.

5. (to sexually force)

a. agredir sexualmente

A correspondent was assaulted while covering the protests.Una corresponsal fue agredida sexualmente mientras cubría las manifestaciones.

b. violar

A man assaulted a woman on this very street last night.Un hombre violó a una mujer en esta misma calle anoche.

robbery(

buhr

)

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).

noun

1. (crime)

a. el robo

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

There was a robbery at the bus station last night.Hubo un robo en la central camionera anoche.

b. el atraco

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

The owners faked a robbery at the hardware store to collect the insurance.Los dueños fingieron un atraco en la ferretería para cobrar el seguro.

c. el asalto

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Two men were stabbed after resisting a robbery.Dos hombres fueron apuñalados tras resistirse a un asalto.

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(swindle)

a. el robo

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

One hundred dollars for a bottle of wine! That's robbery!¡Cien dólares por una botella de vino! ¡Eso es un robo!

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