Definición de guerrilla

a form of vegetative spread in which the advance is from several individual rhizomes or stolons growing rapidly away from the centre, as in some clovers

Compare phalanx

Formas derivadas

guerrillaism (guerˈrillaism) or guerillaism (gueˈrillaism)

sustantivo

Origen de la palabra guerrilla

C19: from Spanish, diminutive of guerra war

guerrilla in American English

(gəˈrɪlə

)

sustantivo

1. Archaic

warfare carried on by guerrillas

any member of a small defensive force of irregular soldiers, usually volunteers, making surprise raids, esp. behind the lines of an invading enemy army

adjetivo

of or by guerrillas

characteristic of guerrillas; undercover, clandestine, etc. or radical, subversive, etc.

Also sp. gueˈrilla

Origen de la palabra guerrilla

Sp, dim. of guerra, war < Fr guerre or It guerra, both < Frank *werra: see war1

guerrilla in American English

(ɡəˈrɪlə)

sustantivo

a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare, harassing the enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines, etc

adjetivo

pertaining to such fighters or their technique of warfare

guerrilla strongholds

guerrilla tactics

Also: guerilla

Formas derivadas

guerrillaism

sustantivo

Origen de la palabra guerrilla

[1800–10; ‹ Sp, dim. of guerra war (‹ Gmc; cf. war1); orig. in reference to the Spanish resistance against Napoleon; the name for the struggle erroneously taken as a personal n.]

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Rebels have been warning of a turn to guerrilla warfare.We are trained for guerrilla street war.And guerrilla wars are notoriously hard to win.After about three months of heavy training we were a disciplined force of guerrilla fighters.They were protected by armed guerrillas and camouflaged beneath tropical leaves.The second part is outright guerrilla warfare.This is the new guerrilla gardening army.It was like urban guerrilla warfare.This would have involved a revolutionary guerrilla war in the zones occupied by the Nationalists.This is a guerrilla army that has gone quiet, but not gone away.