No. 2,076 in Spanish
atacado
"Atacado" means "attacked" or "overwhelmed" in English.
In a sentence
El león había atacado a los cazadores en defensa de su territorio.
The lion had attacked the hunters in defense of its territory.
In this sentence, 'atacado' is used in its past participle form of the verb 'atacar,' indicating a completed action of attacking.
Después de la inesperada noticia, él se sintió atacado emocionalmente.
After the unexpected news, he felt emotionally attacked.
Here, 'atacado' expresses a metaphorical sense of feeling attacked or affected emotionally.
Los rebeldes fueron atacados por las fuerzas enemigas durante la noche.
The rebels were attacked by enemy forces during the night.
'Atacado' here represents a passive form indicating the rebels received the action of being attacked.
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