agredir

to assault

verb ah-greh-DEER Rare

Origin: from Latin aggredi (to approach, attack)

Also means

to attack

Usage Note

Agredir was traditionally a defective verb, used only in forms whose ending contained an i (such as agredía, agrediendo, agredir); in modern usage it is increasingly fully conjugated. It refers to a physical or verbal attack: agredir a alguien ('to assault someone'). The noun is agresión and the agent noun is agresor/agresora.

Examples

"El detenido intentó agredir a los policías."

Natural Translation

The detainee tried to assault the officers.

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