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"Brawl" is an intransitive verb which is often translated as "pelearse", and "quarrel" is a noun which is often translated as "la pelea". Learn more about the difference between "brawl" and "quarrel" below.
brawl(
bral
)An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
1. (to fight)
a. pelearse
By the time we found Horace, he was brawling in the street with a bunch of hoodlums.Cuando encontramos a Horace, se estaba peleando con un montón de matones en la calle.
b. pelear
Beto and his brother were brawling and howling at each other when their parents got home.Beto y su hermano estaban peleando y gritándose uno a otro cuando sus padres regresaron a casa.
c. armar camorra (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Not having anything better to do, they spend their days drinking and brawling.Como no tienen nada mejor que hacer, se pasan el día bebiendo y armando camorra.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
2. (fight)
a. la pelea (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The patient came into the hospital with a dislocated shoulder that he got during a brawl.El paciente ingresó en el hospital con un hombro dislocado a consecuencia de una pelea.
b. la reyerta (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
It seems the brawl started for some very stupid reason, but it ended up with several people getting wounded.Al parecer la reyerta empezó por una tontería de nada, pero acabó con varios heridos.
c. la trifulca (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Once the brawl had calmed down, everyone went back into their houses.Una vez que pasó la trifulca, todo el mundo volvió a meterse en su casa.
d. la refriega (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A brawl broke out in front of the bar around midnight.Hubo una refriega delante del bar a eso de la media noche.
e. la camorra (F) (colloquial)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
They're always looking for a chance to start a brawl, so it's no wonder they ended up in jail.Siempre están buscando camorra, así que no es de extrañar que acabaran en la cárcel.
quarrel(
kaw
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ruhl
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (argument)
b. la riña (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Carol and her sister got into a quarrel over who was going to do the dishes.Carol y su hermana tuvieron una riña sobre quién iba a lavar los platos.
a. la discrepancia (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Personally, I have no quarrel with her. It's her methods that I don't approve of.Personalmente, no tengo ninguna discrepancia con ella. Lo que no apruebo son sus métodos.
b. el desacuerdo (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I have a quarrel with my nutritionist. What she calls living well, I call subsisting.Tengo un desacuerdo con mi nutricionista. A lo que ella llama vivir bien, yo lo llamo subsistir.
c. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Do you have some quarrel with me? Let me be!¿Tienes algo en de contra mí? ¡Déjame en paz!
I have no quarrel with you.No tengo nada en contra tí.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. discutir
I saw Jimmy and Tanya quarreling but I'm not sure what it was about.Vi a Jimmy y Tanya discutiendo pero no sé acerca de lo que iba.
b. pelearse
Those kids are always quarreling about something.Esos niños siempre se están peleando por algo.
c. reñir
I heard my parents quarreling over who they were going to vote for.Escuché a mis padres reñir por quién iban a votar.
a. discrepar
I quarrel with the notion that there are no cities where a bicycle is an adequate means of transportation.Discrepo de la idea de que no haya ciudades donde la bicicleta sea un medio de transporte adecuado.
