war

la guerra

war(wor)

noun

1. (conflict)

a. la guerra

(F)

The war has cost thousands of soldiers and civilians their lives.

La guerra ha costado las vidas de miles de soldados y civiles.

intransitive verb

2. (to fight)

a. combatir

The two countries have warred over this land for centuries.

Los dos países han combatido por esta tierra durante siglos.

war

Noun

1. (general)

a. la guerra

(F)

to be at war (with)estar en guerra (con)

to go to war (with/over)entrar en guerra (con/por)

2. (fig)

a.

a war of wordsuna batalla dialéctica, un combate verbal

3. (fam fig)

a.

you look as if you've been in the warsparece que volvieras de la guerra

war criminalcriminal de guerra

war crygrito de guerra

war memorialmonumento a los caídos (en la guerra)

war veteranexcombatiente mf

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war [wɔːʳ]

noun

guerra (f); lucha (f)

the war against inflation la lucha contra la inflación

to be at war (with) estar en guerra (con)

the period between the wars el período de entreguerras

to declare war (on) declarar la guerra (a)

to go to war (with sb) (over sth) entrar en guerra (con algn) (por algo)

they went off to war singing fueron a la guerra cantando

the Great War la Primera Guerra Mundial

war to the knife guerra (f) a muerte

to make war (on) hacer la guerra (a)

war of nerves guerra (f) de nervios

to wage war with sb hacer la guerra a algn

war of words guerra de palabras

the First/Second World War la Primera/Segunda Guerra Mundial

you've been in the wars! ¡parece que vienes de la guerra!

intransitive verb

combatir; luchar;with con

revulsion and guilt warred within him la repugnancia y el sentimiento de culpabilidad luchaban en su interior

a group of different cultures that warred on each other's borders the central West European capitalist states (the Netherlands, England and France) warred among each other for supremacy within the world economy

modifier

de guerra

war chest (n) especially (US) dinero destinado a apoyar una causa

Governor Caperton has the largest campaign war chest ...the flood of money that has been pouring into the Clinton war chest

war clouds (n) nubes (f) de guerra

war correspondent (n) corresponsal (m) de guerra

war crime (n) crimen (m) de guerra

war criminal (n) criminal (m) de guerra

war cry (n) grito (m) de guerra

war dance (n) danza (f) guerrera

the war dead (n) los muertos en campaña

war debt (n) deuda (f) de guerra

war effort (n) esfuerzo (m) bélico

war fever (n) psicosis (f) de guerra

war footing (n)

on a war footing en pie de guerra

war game (n) (Mil) simulacro (m) de guerra; (game) juego (m) de guerra

war hero (n) héroe (m) de guerra

In the film, he plays an old war hero serving out his time as a cook on the USS Missouri

war loan (n) empréstito (m) de guerra

war material (n) material (m) bélico

war memorial (n) monumento (m) a los caídos

War Office (n) (Hist) Ministerio (m) de Guerra

war paint (n) pintura (f) de guerra; (make-up) maquillaje (m)

I see you've got your war paint on

war widow (n) viuda (f) de guerra

the war wounded (n) los heridos de guerra

war zone (n) zona (f) de guerra

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