Three kinds of attack
| Spanish | what it usually means |
|---|---|
| el ataque | an attack in general |
| la agresión | a violent attack on a person, an assault |
| el atentado | a planned attack, usually a terrorist one |
La agresión is usually against one person or a few people:
| After the assault, the victim went to the hospital. | Tras la agresión, la víctima fue al hospital. |
In the news, un atentado is usually a terrorist attack or a bombing; it can also be an attempt on a public figure's life.
| After the terrorist attack, they closed the station. | Tras el atentado, cerraron la estación. |
Reporting it
Poner una denuncia is to report a crime to the police, usually at la comisaría; denunciar says the same in one verb. A complaint to a shop or a company is usually una queja or una reclamación instead.
| I filed a police report at the police station. | Puse una denuncia en la comisaría. |
El residente / la residente is someone who officially lives in a place: parking for residentes, a foreign residente in Spain.
| Only residents can park on this street. | Solo los residentes pueden aparcar en esta calle. |
The people who live in your own building or street are usually los vecinos.
Diverting, and one adjective
Desviar is to send traffic, a flight or a phone call another way; el desvío is the detour. It stresses the í in some present forms: desvío, desvían.
| After the terrorist attack, the police diverted the traffic. | Tras el atentado, la policía desvió el tráfico. |
Homosexual has one form for masculine and feminine, and the plural homosexuales. People in Spain also say gay.
| In Spain, homosexual people can get married. | En España, las personas homosexuales pueden casarse. |
