bronca

bronca
feminine noun
1. row (jaleo)
  • armar (una) bronca -> to kick up a row
  • buscar bronca -> to look for trouble
2. scolding, telling-off (crítica) (peninsular Spanish)
  • echar una bronca a alguien -> to give somebody a row, to tell somebody off
3. (rabia)
  • me da bronca -> it makes me mad (RP)
4. snag, problem (informal) (dificultad) (Mexican Spanish)
  • fue una bronca poder mudarme -> moving was no picnic

bronca [bron’-cah]
noun
1. Row, scrap, set-to (follón). (f)
  • Armar una bronca -> to kick up a row; make a great fuss
  • Se armó una tremenda bronca -> there was an almighty row
2. Ticking off (reprimenda). (f)
  • Nos echó una bronca fenomenal -> he gave us a severe ticking-off
3. (Cono Sur) anger, fury. (f)
adjective
4. Boring, tedious.
adjective
1. Rough, coarse, unpolished.
2. Crusty, sturdy, morose, crabbed.
3. Rude, unmannerly, clownish, hard, abrupt.
4. Hoarse (voz).
5. Applied to musical instruments of a harsh sound.

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