Meaning of apostar | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to post, to station
   Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive
2. to lie in wait
   Balearic, Central, Valencia, intransitive, pronominal
3. to stake, to bet
   Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive
4. Equivalent to 'bet': A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who...

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“Forcadell comandaria les dues ales de l'exèrcit, i Llagostera, amb tres batallons de reforç, s'apostaria en el congost de l'Ebre i vigilaria el camí de Tortosa, a fi d'evitar qualsevol sorpresa per part de Nogueras.”

Forcadell would command the two wings of the army and Llagostera, with three batallions of reinforcements, would station himself in the Ebro narrows and keep watch on the Tortosa road in order to avoid any surprise on the part of Nogueras.

“Schmar, l'assassí, va apostar-se cap a les nou hores d'un vespre de lluna plena just en aquella cantonada on Wese, la víctima, havia de trencar des del carrer on tenia el seu despatx en direcció al carrer on vivia.”

Schmar, the assassin, lay in wait until nine on a moonlit night just at street corner where Wese, the victim, had to turn off from the street where he had his office toward the street where he lived.

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