lie in wait

English

Verb

lie in wait (third-person singular simple present lies in wait, present participle lying in wait, simple past lay in wait, past participle lain 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: де́бна (bg) (débna)
French: être à l’affût
German: auf der Lauer liegen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἐνεδρεύω (enedreúō), φυλάσσω (phulássō)
Hebrew: אָרַב (he) (aráv)
Icelandic: sitja um, liggja í launsátri, sitja fyrir
Italian: appostarsi, stare in agguato
Japanese: 張り込む (ja) (harikomu)
Latin: aucupor, īnsidior
Manx: fo-lhie
Ottoman Turkish: پوصمق (pusmak)
Polish: czatować (pl) impf
Portuguese: emboscar-se (pt), tocaiar (pt) (Brazil)
Quechua: chapatiyay
Russian: злоумы́слить (zloumýslitʹ)
Spanish: estar al acecho
Swedish: ligga på lur
Turkish: pusuya yatmak (tr), pusu kurmak (tr), pusmak (tr)
ǃXóõ: ǂqàa

References

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

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