in agguato
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “in ambush”.
Adverb
[edit]- lying in wait
- cacciatore in agguato ― sit-and-wait hunter[1]
- stare in agguato ― to lie in wait (literally, “to be lying in wait”)
- (figurative, by extension) lurking
- i problemi sono già in agguato
- the problems are already lurking
References
[edit]- ^ also sometimes used figurative and dysphemistically as the translation for stalker Wp