Translation for "lays siege" to spanish
Lays siege
Translation examples
So a couple more towns fall, then he lays siege to Cnossus, within whose walls the great pirate admiral Lasthenes is skulking.
De modo que caen un par de ciudades más, luego pone sitio a Cnosos, dentro de cuyas murallas permanece oculto el gran almirante pirata Lastenes.
"Something has got to be done," Gabinius went on, "and by that I do not mean the usual debacle so exquisitely personified by the campaign our chief Little Goat is still waging in Crete. First he barely manages to defeat some Cretan rabble in a land battle, then he lays siege to Cydonia, which eventually capitulates but he lets the great pirate admiral Panares go free!
–Hay que hacer algo -continuó diciendo Gabinio-, y con ello no me refiero al fracaso habitual tan exquisitamente personificado por la campaña que nuestro jefe Pequeña Cabra continúa librando todavía en Creta- Primero apenas consigue derrotar a esa chusma cretense en una batalla en tierra, luego le pone sitio a Cidonia, que acaba por capitular… ¡pero deja que el gran almirante pirata Panares siga libre!
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