Guerra in english

guerra = war ; warfare. 

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» amante de la guerra = war-maker ; warmonger  ; war lover .

Example: The politics of memory becomes apparent in the words of Tom Hayden, an early activist against the war: 'the war-makers could win on the battlefield of memory what they lost on the battlefields of war'.

Example: He was portrayed as a warmonger who had brought ruin to the state.

Example: The risk remains that the United States will react in the spirit of some American war lovers in a way that heightens tensions and the possibility of war.

» amenaza de guerra = threat of war .

Example: The combination of trade deficit, budget deficit, and threat of war has international investors completely on edge.

» anterior a la guerra = pre-war [prewar] ; antebellum .

Example: The situation is rather different from pre-war days when living costs were lower and writers would try to get by on very small incomes from writing.

Example: Correctly, the author finds that the realities of antebellum reform are too complex either to laud the reformers' benevolence or to lambast them as fanatics = Acertadamente, el autor considera que las realidades de la reforma que se hizo antes de la guerra son demasiado complejas ya sea para alabar la benevolencia de los reformadores o para acusarlos de fanáticos.

» anterior a la Guerra Civil = pre-Civil War .

Example: This article outlines the history of the 2 pre-Civil War barns which were to be converted and describes the restoration and conversion of the building which cost $2.5 billion.

» arrasado por la guerra = war-torn .

Example: The article is entitled 'Reinventing publishing in the war-torn Balkans' = El artículo se titula "La reinvención de la edición en los Balcanes en guerra".

» arte de la guerra = warfare .

Example: For example, at Woking, the stock has been split into about thirty sections, such as Health and welfare, War and warfare, retaining the Dewey sequence within each section.

» avezado en la guerra = battle-hardened ; battle-tested .

Example: The Ethiopian soldiers fighting in Somalia are part of a much larger military force that is battle-hardened by major cross-border wars.

Example: His men were battle-tested and airworthy, but none had experienced a ride like this -- several of them had already tossed their cookies and the cabin reeked of vomit.

» avión de guerra = warplane .

Example: A security official said that Yemeni warplanes have killed 80 anti-government tribesmen who overran part of a military camp.

» baja de guerra = war casualty .

Example: 90% of war casualties at Gaza hospitals were civilians.

» barco de guerra = warship ; naval ship ; war vessel .

Example: Thus a book on 'the history of naval warships' may be sought under history, navy or warships.

Example: Another nautical phrase is 'no room to swing a cat' and refers to the fact that on the cannon decks of most naval ships there was no room to administer punishment by use of the cat o'nine tails.

Example: In the Mediterranean the galley propelled by oars long remained the principal type of war vessel.

» barco de guerra de la armada = navy warship .

Example: A South Korean navy warship that sank in March was torpedoed by a North Korean submarine near the country's maritime border.

» botín de guerra = war booty .

Example: Experts say a hoard of buried treasure discovered by a jobless English man is 'war booty' and probably belonged to a pagan king.

» botín de guerra, el = spoils of war, the ; victor's spoils, the .

Example: The horrors of what women have had to endure as the human spoils of wars over time has had little examination and little if any punishment.

Example: The city should be defended street by street and house by house, until, if taken, the victor's spoils should be alone a heap of ashes.

» buque de guerra = warship .

Example: Thus a book on 'the history of naval warships' may be sought under history, navy or warships.

» buque de guerra de la armada = navy warship .

Example: A South Korean navy warship that sank in March was torpedoed by a North Korean submarine near the country's maritime border.

» canjear prisioneros de guerra = exchange + prisoners of war .

Example: When General Grant took command, the Union Army was still exchanging prisoners of war.

» causar una guerra = precipitate + a war ; kindle + a war ; ignite + a war .

Example: As important as these activists were, however, it was a set of policy ideas more than the individuals themselves that precipitated the war.

Example: Now this terrible message was good news to Florus; and because his design was to have a war kindled, he gave the ambassadors no answer at all.

Example: The article is entitled 'Free MEDLINE ignites vendor wars'.

» centro social para veteranos de guerra = Veterans' centre .

Example: Nursing homes, retirement centers, Veterans' centers, women's shelters, Head Start programs, prisons, and psychiatric hospitals were often the beneficiaries of weeded books.

» cicatrices de la guerra, las = scars of war, the .

Example: Ninety years on, the scars of war are still visible.

» cicatriz de la guerra = war scar .

Example: He was wounded several times in Vietnam but his war scars weren't just physical.

» comienzo de la guerra = outbreak of the war ; breakout of + the war .

Example: Then, a series of unfortunate circumstances (the outbreak of the war, family problems) deprived the project of its promoter and most passionate supporter.

Example: He outlines the series of unfortunate accidents that ultimately led to the breakout of the war.

» consejo de guerra = courts-martial ; court martial .

Example: Enter the official proceedings and records of criminal trial, impeachment, courts-martial, etc., under the heading for the person or body prosecuted.

Example: Jeremy Sivits, 24, a reservist with the military police, is to face a public court martial in Baghdad on charges of cruelty and abuse, and dereliction of duty for failing to protect the inmates.

» corresponsal de guerra = war correspondent ; war journalist ; war reporter .

Example: William Simpson (1823-189 9), a Glaswegian, was in effect the first war correspondent who sent back battlefield drawings of the Crimean War.

Example: Given these facts, it is surprising that until recently, no research was directed at exploring the psychological health of war journalists.

Example: Ever wondered what its like to be a war reporter on the frontline?.

» crimen de guerra = war crime .

Example: Some of these documents were used as evidence in the Tokyo war crimes Trials.

» criminal de guerra = war criminal .

Example: He was an Israeli undercover agent who captured and brought to justice many Nazi war criminals.

» curtido por la guerra = battle-tested ; battle-hardened .

Example: His men were battle-tested and airworthy, but none had experienced a ride like this -- several of them had already tossed their cookies and the cabin reeked of vomit.

Example: The Ethiopian soldiers fighting in Somalia are part of a much larger military force that is battle-hardened by major cross-border wars.

» danza de guerra = war dance .

Example: Primitive war dances, fertility rites, hunting games are all rituals human beings develop in their corporate as well as their private lives.

» dar guerra = act up ; play up ; make + waves .

Example: Children growing up in households where aggression, physical abuse and other antisocial acts are the norm often act up in school.

Example: Each time it's been in the garage, it drives OK for about 10-15 miles, before starting to play up again.

Example: Hernandez decided that if he wished to survive in this restrictive atmosphere his options were clearly the following: don't make waves, do a good job with no fuss of which he could be proud, and try to gain Balzac's respect.

» de antes de la guerra = pre-war [prewar] .

Example: The situation is rather different from pre-war days when living costs were lower and writers would try to get by on very small incomes from writing.

» declaración de guerra = declaration of war .

Example: On December 8, 1941, Lomax sent a telegram urging folklorists around the United States to collect and record man-on-the-street reactions to the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the subsequent declaration of war by the United States.

» declarar la guerra = break out into + declared war ; go to + war ; take up + arms .

Example: The long-simmering row between Dialog Information Services and Chemical Abstracts Services has broken out into declared war.

Example: The article 'Some speculations on why the British library profession didn't go to war' compares the varying response of British and American libraries to World War I.

Example: The Declaration of Independence was made all the more powerful because of the power of printing to multiply copies and to support public readings of it as the American colonies took up arms against England.

» declarar la guerra a = declare + war on .

Example: One year after the USA declared war on Germany and Italy, Archibald MacLeish began lobbying for transfer of foreign acquisitions to the Library of Congress.

» declarar la guerra a muerte a = declare + open season on .

Example: President Bush is rattling his saber and has declared open season on Saddam personally.

» declararse en guerra = go to + war .

Example: The article 'Some speculations on why the British library profession didn't go to war' compares the varying response of British and American libraries to World War I.

» de la guerra = wartime [wart-time] .

Example: The author argues that books can convey the stress of survival in wartime conditions better than television and discusses some titles to substantiate this claim.

» desatar una guerra = precipitate + a war ; kindle + a war ; ignite + a war .

Example: As important as these activists were, however, it was a set of policy ideas more than the individuals themselves that precipitated the war.

Example: Now this terrible message was good news to Florus; and because his design was to have a war kindled, he gave the ambassadors no answer at all.

Example: The article is entitled 'Free MEDLINE ignites vendor wars'.

» desenterrar el hacha de guerra = take up + the tomahawk ; dig up + the tomahawk ; dig up + the hatchet ; dig up + the war axe .

Example: Many, many moons ago, they took up the tomahawk in tribal wars and many of their warriors were killed and their encampments destroyed.

Example: They call him a poet and magician, but when his favourite things are at stake, he does not hesitate to dig up the tomahawk.

Example: Let us dig up the hatchet of war, and revenge the bones of our countrymen; they lie unburied, and cry to us for vengeance.

Example: Too bad that other brave warriors in other parts of the world just decided to dig up the war axe and launch another crusade.

» despojos de la guerra, los = spoils of war, the .

Example: The horrors of what women have had to endure as the human spoils of wars over time has had little examination and little if any punishment.

» destrozado por la guerra = war-ravaged .

Example: The author describes the American University of Beirut Library and how it functions in war-ravaged Lebanon.

» devastado por la guerra = war-torn .

Example: The article is entitled 'Reinventing publishing in the war-torn Balkans' = El artículo se titula "La reinvención de la edición en los Balcanes en guerra".

» disturbio ocasionado por la guerra = war riot .

Example: Force Majeure: SWETS shall not be liable for any interruption of service resulting from any circumstance beyond its reasonable control, including acts of god, war riot, embargoes, strikes or labour shortages or failure of equipment = Fuerzas Mayores: SWETS no será responsable de cualquier interrupción del servicio resultante de cualquier circunstancia más allá de su control, incluidas las causas de fuerza mayor, los disturbios ocasionados por las guerras, embargos, huelgas o escasez de mano de obra o fallos del equipo.

» durante la guerra = during wartime ; wartime [wart-time] ; war years, the .

Example: During wartime when sources of documents become blocked, it may become necessary to organize teams of abstractors in neutral countries.

Example: The author argues that books can convey the stress of survival in wartime conditions better than television and discusses some titles to substantiate this claim.

Example: The war years heralded several changes, one of them being the erection of a new library building.

» efecto de la guerra = effect of war .

Example: The rigours of the climate and the effects of war and political unrest have ravaged this country's cultural heritage.

» embates de la guerra, los = ravages of war, the .

Example: The ravages of war devastated Afghanistan's infrastructure, breaking people away from their homes and from each other.

» en contra de la guerra = antiwar [anti-war] .

Example: Hostility towards antiwar protesters also diminished.

» en épocas de guerra = in time(s) of war .

Example: In times of war, or other reasons for the imposition of barriers to untrammelled distribution of information, such openness in communication cannot be allowed.

» en guerra = war-torn ; at war .

Example: The article is entitled 'Reinventing publishing in the war-torn Balkans' = El artículo se titula "La reinvención de la edición en los Balcanes en guerra".

Example: The article 'Cryptographic patents: at war and in peace' explores the dichotomy between the concepts of cryptography and patents.

» en pie de guerra = on the warpath ; on a war footing .

Example: The article 'Girlies on the warpath' argues that despite institutional resistance, good antisexist work is happening in teacher education.

Example: But liberty, as we all know, cannot flourish in a country that is permanently on a war footing.

» en son de guerra = on the warpath .

Example: The article 'Girlies on the warpath' argues that despite institutional resistance, good antisexist work is happening in teacher education.

» enterrar el hacha de guerra = bury + the hatchet ; bury + the tomahawk ; bury + the war axe ; bury + the battle axe ; bury + the war hatchet .

Example: Idioms such as 'bury the hatchet' were presented to 48 college students in sentential contexts that either biased the subject toward a literal or a figurative interpretation or left the interpretation ambiguous.

Example: Now is the time of all times to bury the tomahawk, throw aside all differences and unite in one great purpose of saving the State from further turmoil.

Example: Long ago when tribes exchanged gifts and agreed to wash the spears or bury the war axe things were not as complex as they became later on.

Example: My plan for this is to sort out the final business I have with relatives, say my farewells and bury the battle axe and raise the white flag.

Example: A common danger, a common enemy, a common hate, makes them forget old feuds, bury the war-hatchet, and unite on common ground for a common object.

» en tiempo de guerra = wartime [wart-time] .

Example: The author argues that books can convey the stress of survival in wartime conditions better than television and discusses some titles to substantiate this claim.

» en tiempos de guerra = in time(s) of war .

Example: In times of war, or other reasons for the imposition of barriers to untrammelled distribution of information, such openness in communication cannot be allowed.

» escenario de la guerra = theatre [theater, -USA]  ; theatre of war .

Example: This journal provides a social and military history of the GI in the European theater in World War 2.

Example: The author examines the role of codebreaking in MacArthur's theater of war.

» estar en guerra con = be at war with .

Example: Overnight it changed the style of Britain's relations with other European countries, with some of which it had been at war in recent history.

» estragos de la guerra, los = ravages of war, the .

Example: The ravages of war devastated Afghanistan's infrastructure, breaking people away from their homes and from each other.

» frente de guerra, el = war front, the .

Example: She parachuted along with the troops & medical personnel & tended the wounded along the war front.

» ganar una guerra = win + a war .

Example: Technology is now being implemented to arm organizations with this weapon -- competitor intelligence -- to improve business and win the war for customers.

» grito de guerra = battle cry ; war cry .

Example: The title of her paper is 'Let's get rid of it: a reference librarian's battle cry'.

Example: If we do not listen to other people whispering their prayers today we may have to meet them tomorrow when they are howling their war cries.

» guerra árabe-israelí, la = Arab Israeli war, the .

Example: The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.

» guerra asimétrica = asymmetric war ; asymmetric warfare .

Example: The way to win an asymmetric war is to force the enemy to take and hold territory.

Example: The ongoing threat of terrorist attacks on North American soil and assets abroad, have brought asymmetric warfare to the home front.

» guerra a través de la red = netwar .

Example: Netwar is an emerging mode of conflict in which the protagonists, ranging from terrorist and criminal organizations, to militant social activists, use networked forms of organization, doctrine, strategy and technology attuned to the information age.

» guerra civil = civil war .

Example: In UDC under 361 SOCIAL RELIEF we find .9 Relief or aid in emergencies, disasters; .91 Earthquakes, storms, hurricanes; .92 Floods; .93 War, civil war; .94 Epidemics; .95 Famine; and .96 Fires, conflagrations.

» guerra contra el despilfarro = war on waste .

Example: Since the Reagan administration began its war on waste in 1981, farmers and other citizens have had not alternative to buying their information from the private sector at far steeper prices.

» guerra contra el terrorismo = war on terror ; war on terrorism ; war against terrorism .

Example: We are also exploring the possibility, with our sister organization in the US, of producing a joint issue possibly on the theme of how the so-called 'war on terror' is affecting library and information services.

Example: The article 'War on terrorism: war on liberty' examines the key world wide web sites covering the 11 Sep 2001 terrorist attacks and the subsequent war against terrorism.

Example: The article 'War on terrorism: war on liberty' examines the key world wide web sites covering the 11 Sep 2001 terrorist attacks and the subsequent war against terrorism.

» guerra contra las drogas = war on drugs .

Example: As the `war on drugs' escalates, a new class of client is emerging.

» guerra cósmica = cosmic war .

Example: Religion has also provided the metaphor of cosmic war -- an image of spiritual struggle between good and bad that every religion has within its repository of symbols.

» guerra de almohadas = pillow fight .

Example: In this room we've had so many pillow fights and pyjamas parties, so many good times.

» guerra de Bosnia, la = Bosnian War, the .

Example: The author discusses recent books and graphic works by this Yugoslav-born artist that express her anguish resulting from the Bosnian War.

» guerra de clases = class war ; class warfare .

Example: This article explains six of the ways the rich are waging a class war against the poor.

Example: With the rise of social stratification, humankind has developed 'class warfare' to heavily dysgenic proportions.

» guerra de comida = food fight .

Example: Food fights are a common staple in numerous low-budget American children films.

» guerra de desgaste = war of attrition .

Example: This is partly because the 40-year civil war has developed into a war of attrition, with ransom money from kidnapping providing much of the financial backing.

» guerra de guerrillas = guerrilla warfare ; guerrilla war .

Example: With changing political circumstances there is an increased likelihood of low-intensity conflicts which may take the form of guerrilla warfare, coups d'etat, ethnic violence, terrorism, resistance movements or insurgency.

Example: It also led to a continuing guerilla war between the authorities and caricaturists who sought to evade, outfox, or entirely defy them.

» Guerra de Irak, la = Iraq War, the .

Example: He does an excellent job of dismantling the myth that the Iraq War is the reason we're suffering these huge deficits today.

» Guerra de la Independencia = War of Independence .

Example: The author comments on the British Library commemorative exhibition about the American War of Independence.

» guerra de la información = information warfare .

Example: This article deals with the effect on libraries of the Internet, including the changing roles of librarians; information warfare, i.e. the role of electronic information and information systems in warfare, and of military information in peacetime; and enhanced interfaces to databases.

» guerra de las estrellas = battle of the stars .

Example: The California vote became a veritable battle of the stars with Arnold Schwarzenegger backing the initiative and Mel Gibson opposing it.

» Guerra de las Galaxias = Star Wars .

Example: After years of hesitation by the organizers, traditional book publishers will this year share the aisles with proponents of Star Wars technology.

» Guerra del Golfo, la = Gulf War, the .

Example: This is part of a special issue devoted to library and information services in the Arab countries after the Gulf War.

» Guerra del Golfo Persa, la = Persian Gulf War, the .

Example: The Persian Gulf War provided a unique opportunity to examine the relationship between censorship and the emotional and critical tone of television news.

» Guerra de los Boers, la = Anglo-Boer War, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .

Example: The library of the South African National Museum of Military History provides an enquiry service which answers genealogical questions regarding who fought in border wars, the Zulu War, Anglo-Boer War, World War I and World War II.

» guerra de nervios = war of nerves .

Example: The struggle for the release of the innocent Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya has turned into a war of nerves.

» guerra de precios = pricing competition ; price war .

Example: Taiwan used to play a decisive role in the lighting industry, but has lost its shine in the midst of pricing competition against developing countries.

Example: Taking a long-term view, price wars don't really benefit consumers.

» guerra en red = netwar .

Example: Netwar is an emerging mode of conflict in which the protagonists, ranging from terrorist and criminal organizations, to militant social activists, use networked forms of organization, doctrine, strategy and technology attuned to the information age.

» Guerra entre España y los Estados Unidos, la = Spanish-American War, the ; Spanish-American War, the .

Example: The Spanish-American War took place in 1898 and resulted in the United States gaining control over the former colonies of Spain in the Caribbean and Pacific.

Example: The Spanish-American War took place in 1898 and resulted in the United States gaining control over the former colonies of Spain in the Caribbean and Pacific.

» guerra + estallar = war + break out .

Example: When the Second World War broke out, my motherland was arduously fighting against Japanese imperialism.

» guerra fría, la = cold war, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .

Example: The end of the cold war indicates a return to geography as the basis of economic exchanges.

» guerra fronteriza = border war .

Example: The library of the South African National Museum of Military History provides an enquiry service which answers genealogical questions regarding who fought in border wars, the Zulu War, Anglo-Boer War, World War I and World War II.

» guerra justa = just warfare ; just war .

Example: The first rule of just warfare is that we do not target or kill the innocent.

Example: Just wars are supposed to be fought by people with noble intentions.

» guerra legal = legal battle .

Example: The Java language is seen as essential to the success of networked computers, but legal battles continue over its status.

» guerra mundial = world war .

Example: In American higher education the interregnum between world wars was a time of drift and disappointment.

» guerra nuclear = nuclear warfare ; nuclear war .

Example: The library placed a bibliography of material on nuclear warfare and the nuclear issue in each branch.

Example: Differing attitudes about nuclear war, the nuclear freeze, and escalation of war are discussed in their cultural contexts.

» guerra religiosa = religious war .

Example: The article is entitled 'Fear, software integration, and religious wars: Internet World 2001'.

» guerra santa = holy war .

Example: Early in the 19th century a prominent local religious leader declared a jihad, or holy war, against the surrounding heathen tribes.

» guerra sin cuartel = all-out war .

Example: As violence in Libya escalates, UN mission says country risks 'all-out war'.

» Guerras Médicas, las = Persian Wars, the .

Example: The classical age of Greece ran from the Persian Wars to Phillip of Macedon and Alexander the Great.

» guerra sucia = dirty war .

Example: The book is described as 'an irreverent look at professionals involved in a dirty war'.

» guerra tribal = tribal war .

Example: Many, many moons ago, they took up the tomahawk in tribal wars and many of their warriors were killed and their encampments destroyed.

» Guerra Zulú, la = Zulu War, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .

Example: The library of the South African National Museum of Military History provides an enquiry service which answers genealogical questions regarding who fought in border wars, the Zulu War, Anglo-Boer War, World War I and World War II.

» hacer estallar una guerra = ignite + a war ; kindle + a war ; precipitate + a war .

Example: The article is entitled 'Free MEDLINE ignites vendor wars'.

Example: Now this terrible message was good news to Florus; and because his design was to have a war kindled, he gave the ambassadors no answer at all.

Example: As important as these activists were, however, it was a set of policy ideas more than the individuals themselves that precipitated the war.

» hacer la guerra = make + war .

Example: Culture may mean an acquaintance with the ways in which a particular people construct buildings, manufacture artifacts, worship deities, make war and love, raise children, and live with one another.

» hacer la guerra (contra/a) = wage + war (against/on) .

Example: The story of Muhammad's conquest of Khaybar disproves the theory that Muslims only wage war in self-defense.

» hacha de guerra = tomahawk [Típica de los indios nativos de Norteamérica] ; battle-axe .

Example: So when the king gave the word his men pulled their tomahawks from under the coats and killed several and took the rest prisoners.

Example: The museum houses a full selection of battle-ready battle-axes, spanning from the medieval period through the Renaissance.

» héroe de guerra = fallen hero ; war hero .

Example: The only ones 'using' the war dead as a political bargaining chip are the Republicans who have fought to keep the images of these fallen heroes in the dark.

Example: War heroes are admired as embodiments of the human spirit at its most dazzling.

» huella de la guerra = war scar .

Example: He was wounded several times in Vietnam but his war scars weren't just physical.

» huellas de la guerra, las = scars of war, the .

Example: Ninety years on, the scars of war are still visible.

» impuesto de guerra = war tax .

Example: No one dared to keep horses or donkeys openly, but did so in secret for the war tax, because wherever the Mongols discovered horses they ravished them.

» intercambiar prisioneros de guerra = exchange + prisoners of war .

Example: When General Grant took command, the Union Army was still exchanging prisoners of war.

» ir a la guerra = go to + war .

Example: The article 'Some speculations on why the British library profession didn't go to war' compares the varying response of British and American libraries to World War I.

» juego de guerra = war game [wargame] .

Example: Her latest novel, Gazelle, centers on sensuality and sexuality, war games and chess, and the ancient sciences of perfumery and mummification.

» juzgar en consejo de guerra = court-martial .

Example: He was unjustly court-martialed in 1894 for high treason and exiled to a penal colony on the coast of South America.

» libro trofeo de guerra = trophy book [Libros que se llevaron los rusos a su país de las bibliotecas alemanas durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial] .

Example: Unfortunately the process on both sides has become sluggish and is playing into the hands of the antiquarian book trade, which is now dealing in trophy books on a large scale.

» llamada de guerra = battle call .

Example: The discussion takes a special look at how music was used in battle calls, military maneuvers and managing daily life in the military.

» los avatares de la guerra = the tides of war .

Example: The die had been cast, and the tides of war were gradually turning in our favour.

» males de la guerra, los = evils of war, the .

Example: A heavy toll on life is included among the evils of war.

» Marina de Guerra = Royal Navy .

Example: Topics covered at the Conference included: records of shipbuilding and shipping companies; agreements and crew lists; whaling; and Royal Navy and Merchant Marine.

» misión de guerra = wartime mission .

Example: The concept of 'operational readiness' refers to the training required by Navy personnel during peacetime to perform wartime missions.

» nave de guerra = naval ship .

Example: Another nautical phrase is 'no room to swing a cat' and refers to the fact that on the cannon decks of most naval ships there was no room to administer punishment by use of the cat o'nine tails.

» navío de guerra = warship .

Example: Thus a book on 'the history of naval warships' may be sought under history, navy or warships.

» navío de guerra de la armada = navy warship .

Example: A South Korean navy warship that sank in March was torpedoed by a North Korean submarine near the country's maritime border.

» ocasionar una guerra = precipitate + a war ; kindle + a war ; ignite + a war .

Example: As important as these activists were, however, it was a set of policy ideas more than the individuals themselves that precipitated the war.

Example: Now this terrible message was good news to Florus; and because his design was to have a war kindled, he gave the ambassadors no answer at all.

Example: The article is entitled 'Free MEDLINE ignites vendor wars'.

» partida de guerra = war party .

Example: This place lay at the crossroads of routes traversed by peaceful natives or by war parties.

» pasión por la guerra = rage militaire .

Example: Before George Washington had a chance to display his skill in pitched battle, he became a focal point for the rage militaire that swept through the US in 1775.

» perder una guerra = lose + a war .

Example: Librarians are losing the war for electronic professional turf.

» perro de guerra = dog of war [Referido a los soldados con un instinto bélico muy desarrollado] ; war dog [Perro especialmente adiestrado para ayudar en tareas militares] .

Example: Israel's dogs of war have been baying for blood for some time now.

Example: Like their human comrades, some war dogs can handle combat, and some can't.

» pintura de guerra = war paint .

Example: Indians used war paint to rally themselves for battle and frighten enemies, in the way sports teams wear the same uniforms.

» ponerse en pie de guerra = dig up + the tomahawk ; dig up + the hatchet ; dig up + the war axe .

Example: They call him a poet and magician, but when his favourite things are at stake, he does not hesitate to dig up the tomahawk.

Example: Let us dig up the hatchet of war, and revenge the bones of our countrymen; they lie unburied, and cry to us for vengeance.

Example: Too bad that other brave warriors in other parts of the world just decided to dig up the war axe and launch another crusade.

» ponerse la pintura de guerra = put on + Posesivo + war paint .

Example: They made a huge fire, put on their war paint, danced vigorously around the fire to the sound of a large drum, waving their knives and their spears.

» prepararse para la guerra = get + ready for war ; put on + Posesivo + war paint .

Example: Prime Minister Tony Blair has told British troops to get ready for war against Iraq.

Example: They made a huge fire, put on their war paint, danced vigorously around the fire to the sound of a large drum, waving their knives and their spears.

» Primera Guerra Mundial = World War I [First World War] .

Example: War, for example, is divided into Militaria, War, World War I, World War II, Vehicles and Equipment.

» Primera Guerra Mundial, la = First World War, the (World War I) ; Great War, the .

Example: The costs of printing after the First World War account in part for the decline of the printed catalogue.

Example: During the last years of the Great War, sound detectors played an increasingly important part in the air defences of all the belligerents.

» prisionero de guerra = prisoner of war ; war prisoner .

Example: The author discusses the production of escape maps by Allied prisoners of war during the First and Second World Wars.

Example: Prostitutes outside the camp were mostly of local origin; some were widows or married women whose husbands were war prisoners.

» provocar una guerra = ignite + a war ; precipitate + a war ; trigger + war .

Example: The article is entitled 'Free MEDLINE ignites vendor wars'.

Example: As important as these activists were, however, it was a set of policy ideas more than the individuals themselves that precipitated the war.

Example: The 1979 incident was not the only false alarm to nearly trigger nuclear war.

» reportero de guerra = war journalist ; war correspondent ; war reporter .

Example: Given these facts, it is surprising that until recently, no research was directed at exploring the psychological health of war journalists.

Example: William Simpson (1823-189 9), a Glaswegian, was in effect the first war correspondent who sent back battlefield drawings of the Crimean War.

Example: Ever wondered what its like to be a war reporter on the frontline?.

» secreto de guerra = secret of war .

Example: 400 pages of interrogations, once closely guarded as secrets of war, were discovered along with reams of other classified documents by a reporter.

» Segunda Guerra Mundial = 2nd World War ; World War II [Second World War] .

Example: This article considers the maturing and professionalisation of Slavic librarianship in the USA since the 2nd World War.

Example: War, for example, is divided into Militaria, War, World War I, World War II, Vehicles and Equipment.

» Segunda Guerra Mundial, la = Second World War, the [World War II] .

Example: From the beginnings of the UNESCO activity after the Second World War the emphasis ever since in universal bibliographic control has been upon collective endeavours.

» todo vale en el amor y la guerra = all is fair in love and war [También escrito all's fair in love and war] .

Example: If you've gotten to a place in your relationship where you feel like all is fair in love and war, that is a recipe for disaster.

» tras las guerra = in the postwar period .

Example: The author discusses the disillusion she developed with Italian politics and its failure to deliver properly funded nationwide public library system for Italy in the postwar period.

» tribunal de guerra = court martial .

Example: Jeremy Sivits, 24, a reservist with the military police, is to face a public court martial in Baghdad on charges of cruelty and abuse, and dereliction of duty for failing to protect the inmates.

» veterano de guerra = war veteran ; vet ; war vet .

Example: A new study of two small groups of war veterans indicates their brains may have been damaged by chemicals they were exposed to.

Example: Gulf War vets are coming down with these symptoms at twice the rate of vets from previous conflicts.

Example: The violence wasn't caused by war vets but by football hooligans.

» veterano de la Guerra del Golfo = Gulf War vet .

Example: Gulf War vets are coming down with these symptoms at twice the rate of vets from previous conflicts.

» víctima de guerra = casualty of war ; war casualty .

Example: The significance of the hospital trains was the creation of a network of trains, hospital ships, and general hospitals that became the basis for the present military practice of caring for casualties of war.

Example: 90% of war casualties at Gaza hospitals were civilians.

» viuda de guerra = war widow .

Example: War widows find ways to cope, but there's really no cure for the pain.

» zona de guerra = war zone .

Example: Through interviews with children in war zones around the world, the book examines how children cope with war and violence.