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"Quarrel" is a noun which is often translated as "la pelea", and "fight" is a noun which is also often translated as "la pelea". Learn more about the difference between "quarrel" and "fight" below.
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.
fight(
fayt
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (quarrel)
2. (military)
3. (struggle)
a. el espíritu de lucha (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).
In spite of the defeat, I was still full of fight.A pesar de la derrota, me quedaba espíritu de lucha.
5. (sports)
a. el combate (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).
The boxers were training for the fight.Los boxeadores se estaban entrenando para el combate.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
6. (to combat)
7. (to quarrel)
a. luchar
My heroes are all those people who fought for their rights to the end.Mis héroes son todas esas personas que lucharon por sus derechos hasta el final.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
9. (to combat)
a. luchar contra
The knight fought a dragon to save the princess.El caballero luchó contra un dragón para salvar a la princesa.
b. combatir contra
Our army will fight anything that threatens our freedom.Nuestro ejército combatirá contra todo lo que amenace nuestra libertad.
10. (to oppose)
