Translation for "set upon" to spanish

Set upon

verb

• atacar
• emprender
• instigar contra

Translation examples

atacar verb

After that, though, I will have to set upon Feinster, if for no other reason but that we need their supplies.
Pero después de eso, tendré que atacar Feinster, aunque sólo sea porque necesitaremos víveres.

I felt the skin at the back of my neck pucker as if in expectation of being set upon violently, by hands, clutching fingers, teeth, even.
Sentí que se me arrugaba la piel de la nuca como si esperara que algo me atacara violentamente, unas manos, unos dedos, unos dientes, incluso.

Above the women’s screams, M— summoned his staff, who held back the termagant just as she was about to set upon the doctor himself.
Por encima de los gritos de la mujer, M. llamó a sus empleados, que agarraron a la arpía justo cuando estaba a punto de atacar al propio doctor.

Each knight must engage the foe upon his bridle hand, for to couch his lance upon the one to his right was an unknightly act, since thus a single knight might have two lances set upon him at once, against which there could be no defence.
Atacar con la lanza al de la derecha era acto poco caballeroso, pues pondría a un tiempo dos lanzas en contra de un solo caballero, ante lo cual no cabía defensa posible.

Pierce said he wasn't sure, he thought now all the men together were to menace the heroine, sort of set upon her—a dark-skinned girl whose mask wore sad raised eyebrows and a red anguished mouth.
Pierce dijo que él no estaba seguro, pero que probablemente todos los hombres amenazarían, simularían atacar a la vez a la heroína, una joven de piel oscura cuya máscara ostentaba unas tristes cejas horrorizadas y una angustiada boca escarlata.