combatiente

combatant

fighter

combatiente, el combatiente, la combatiente(kohm-bah-tyehn-teh)

adjective

1. (contending)

a. combatant

Mi abuelo fue un soldado no combatiente durante la guerra. Sirvió como periodista.

My grandfather was a non-combatant solider during the war. He served as a journalist.

b. fighting

Había muchos países combatientes en la guerra.

There were many countries fighting in the war.

masculine or feminine noun

2. (soldier)

a. fighter

Aquiles era un combatiente excepcional.

Achilles was an exceptional fighter.

b. combatant

Llegaron los refuerzos y relevaron a los combatientes que estaban en el frente de batalla.

Reinforcements arrived and relieved the combatants who were on the battlefront.

3. (tenacious person)

a. fighter

Marcela era madre soltera, pero era una combatiente que le daba lo mejor a su hijo.

Marcela was a single mother, but she was a fighter who always got the best for her son.