verb/aseˈdjaɾ/
to besiege, to beleaguer (to beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender); to bother, to pester
Synonyms: sitiar, molestar, fastidiar
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin obsidiārī (“to waylay, to ambush”), from obsidium (“siege; ambush”), from obsideō (“to remain, to stay, to frequent; to besiege, to blockade”), whence English obsess.