encroach upon

• Verbo usado para indicar a invasão gradual e indevida de direitos, território ou espaço pessoal de alguém, geralmente de forma indesejada ou prejudicial.

A phrasal verb used to indicate gradually intruding on someone's rights, territory, or personal space, often in a way that is unwelcome or harmful.

incontável · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparável

1. Intrude graduallyformal

   To gradually take away someone's rights, privileges, or personal space.

   Invadir

   • The new law encroaches upon citizens' privacy rights.
   • His constant questions encroached upon her personal time.
   • The expanding city encroaches upon the surrounding farmland.

   Sinônimosimpinge onintrude oninvadeoverstep

   Antônimoshonorleaverespectretreatwithdraw

2. Trespass or invadeformal

   To gradually advance beyond usual or acceptable limits, especially into someone else's territory.

   Invadir ou trespassar

   • The neighbor's fence encroaches upon our property.
   • The forest is slowly encroaching upon the abandoned village.
   • The company's expansion encroaches upon the local wildlife habitat.

   Sinônimosimpingeinfringeintrudeinvadeoversteptrespass

   Antônimosrespectretreatwithdraw

Verbo baseencroach