Pelea in english
Fight
pronunciation: faɪt part of speech: verb, noun
pronunciation: faɪt part of speech: verb, noun
In gestures
pelea = scramble ; fight ; quarrel ; fray ; donnybrook ; run-in ; altercation ; fighting ; bickering ; squabble ; squabbling ; brawl ; rumble ; fistfight ; dust-up ; scrabble ; combat ; tiff ; fisticuffs ; fallout ; tussle ; wrangling ; wrangle ; bicker ; bust-up.
Example: Mergers and acquisitions are playing an increasing important part in corporate strategies, stimulated by the scramble for market position in the new Europe.Example: The proud mother, as a result, had been a leader in the fight to establish a program for the 'gifted and talented' in the public school system.Example: The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography = The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography.Example: The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.Example: Feaver mentioned that she and Claverhouse frequently engage in some real 'donnybrooks,' as she put it, which invariably include a lot of amicable bantering, whenever they discuss anything.Example: 'When you've been here a while, you'll see that it's hard to avoid run-ins with her,' Lehmann spoke up.Example: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.Example: The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.Example: Even if the management decided to make an arbitrary decision, it would be better than the endless bickering and ad-hoc measures we are having to put up with.Example: One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.Example: The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.Example: About 75% of all personal acts of violence (murder, assault and battery), 90% of vandalism, 75% of public brawls, & more than 50% of burglaries & thefts are alcohol-related.Example: It is common practice for gang members to make sure that the police are informed of an impending rumble.Example: Gone are the days of the good old fistfight, where instead of grabbing a gun, a knife or a bat to end an argument, you actually used your fist to make your point.Example: The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.Example: They got into a scrabble with him after he'd made a racial slur towards blacks in a hotel bar once.Example: It is not without significance perhaps that some writers on the reference interview use the term 'encounter', which the Concise Oxford Dictionary defines as 'meet as adversary', 'meeting in combat'.Example: She found himself in trouble after a tiff with photo journalists during the shoot of a film.Example: He became known as a tough guy who wouldn't back down from any fisticuffs.Example: Two men who beat another to death in a fallout over a cannabis crop have been gaoled for life.Example: A nosy octopus nearly got away with a scuba diver's camera in an underwater tussle that lasted a few tense minutes.Example: Mrs. Ross testified that virtually every day Mr. Ross, during their wranglings, would tell her he was 'going to teach her a lesson'.Example: This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.Example: The other day when I flounced out of the living room after a bicker with my father, she ran after me and hugged me tightly.Example: The study found that one in four people has had a bust-up with someone living next door over car parking, loud music and pets.more:
» buscar pelea = pick + a fight ; go looking for + trouble .
Example: Machiavelli advised rulers facing unpopularity at home to consider picking a fight with some other nation, noting that a threat from some foreign power tends to unite people and help them to forget their differences. Example: The quotation, 'I don't go looking for trouble; trouble usually finds me,' was used by J.K. Rowling in the book, 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'.» comenzar una pelea = start up + a fight .
Example: A tanked-up mob forced their way into the football grounds and started up the fight.» empezar una pelea = start up + a fight .
Example: A tanked-up mob forced their way into the football grounds and started up the fight.» engancharse en una pelea = lock in + a battle .
Example: The premise is that you and your opponent are locked in a battle to the death and only one can come out alive.» iniciar una pelea = start up + a fight .
Example: A tanked-up mob forced their way into the football grounds and started up the fight.» pelea a bofetadas = face-slapping .
Example: His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.» pelea a brazo partido = hand-to-hand fight .
Example: They are obviously in love with the same man, and the hand-to-hand fight is the traditional gypsy way to solve the dispute.» pelea a muerte = fight to (the) death ; battle to (the) death .
Example: If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?. Example: The premise is that you and your opponent are locked in a battle to the death and only one can come out alive.» pelea a puñetazos = fistfight ; fisticuffs .
Example: Gone are the days of the good old fistfight, where instead of grabbing a gun, a knife or a bat to end an argument, you actually used your fist to make your point. Example: He became known as a tough guy who wouldn't back down from any fisticuffs.» pelea callejera = street fight .
Example: The number of people so seriously injured in street fights that they need hospital treatment has increased by almost half.» pelea cuerpo a cuerpo = hand-to-hand fight ; close fighting ; close-quarter fighting .
Example: They are obviously in love with the same man, and the hand-to-hand fight is the traditional gypsy way to solve the dispute. Example: It is remembered as one of the biggest samurai battles in history -- in just six hours of close fighting, thousands of samurai were killed. Example: This book brings together the stories of soldiers involved in close-quarter fighting during World War Two.» pelea de almohadas = pillow fight .
Example: In this room we've had so many pillow fights and pyjamas parties, so many good times.» pelea de bar = bar brawl .
Example: The nephew of a lawmaker and two of his relatives beat the rap Friday in a bloody bar brawl that injured two cops and a firefighter.» pelea de boxeo = prize fight ; boxing match .
Example: Coverage of the Jack Dempsey-Gene Tunney prize fight appealed to publishers of all stripe. Example: He was a medical doctor working ringside at boxing matches.» pelea de comida = food fight .
Example: Food fights are a common staple in numerous low-budget American children films.» pelea de gallos = cockfighting [cock-fighting] ; cockfight [cock-fight] .
Example: Animal activists believe that banning cock-fighting will do little to control it. Example: Dogfights and cockfights have been illegal for years, but police have often looked the other way.» pelea de perros = dogfight [dog fight] ; dogfighting [dog-fighting] .
Example: The author examines dogfights where the act of each dog provokes a response from the other dog in what is viewed as a 'conversation of gestures' similar to that found in boxing & fencing. Example: If you suspect that dogfighting is happening in your neighborhood, contact local law enforcement authorities.» pelea doméstica = domestic dispute .
Example: The woman reported that she and her ex had a history of domestic disputes, causing both she and her new boyfriend to fear for their lives.» pelea familiar = domestic dispute .
Example: The woman reported that she and her ex had a history of domestic disputes, causing both she and her new boyfriend to fear for their lives.» pelea hasta la muerte = fight to (the) death ; battle to (the) death .
Example: If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?. Example: The premise is that you and your opponent are locked in a battle to the death and only one can come out alive.» pelea infantil = petty bickering ; petty fighting ; petty fight .
Example: And the Democratic Party is a never-ending story of corruption, greed, petty bickering, and blithe disregard of the voters' interests. Example: Life's too short to worry over little things like petty fighting in a friendship. Example: Because of this, it is very important that couples learn how to handle petty fights in their relationship = Debido a esto, es muy importante que las parejas aprendan a tratar las disputas sin importancia que surjan en sus relaciones.» pelea mano a mano = hand-to-hand fight ; close fighting ; close-quarter fighting .
Example: They are obviously in love with the same man, and the hand-to-hand fight is the traditional gypsy way to solve the dispute. Example: It is remembered as one of the biggest samurai battles in history -- in just six hours of close fighting, thousands of samurai were killed. Example: This book brings together the stories of soldiers involved in close-quarter fighting during World War Two.» pelea sin importancia = petty fight .
Example: Because of this, it is very important that couples learn how to handle petty fights in their relationship = Debido a esto, es muy importante que las parejas aprendan a tratar las disputas sin importancia que surjan en sus relaciones.» provocar una pelea = pick + a fight .
Example: Machiavelli advised rulers facing unpopularity at home to consider picking a fight with some other nation, noting that a threat from some foreign power tends to unite people and help them to forget their differences.» separar una pelea = break up + a fight .
Example: If you are trying to break up a cat fight or something to that nature pick it up by the scruff of the neck.» tener una pelea = have + a row .
Example: If we have a row he sulks for days and I have to try everything to get him to be nice again.pelear = struggle ; bicker ; squabble ; tussle ; wrangle.
Example: Despite the ferment that was going on in the scientific information field during the middle years of the decade of the '50's, the ADI was struggling to survive; membership had shrunk to only 200.Example: Chapter 4 presents solutions for when children fight, bicker, compete, namecall, and hit.Example: Let's not squabble about the fact that Bush actually eked out a razor-thin victory in the popular vote.Example: My father and I used to tussle about my decision to become an actor.Example: But weeks after wrangling with her lender, Cauley filed for bankruptcy and gave up her home.more:
» con ganas de pelear = on the warpath .
Example: The article 'Girlies on the warpath' argues that despite institutional resistance, good antisexist work is happening in teacher education.» dos no se pelean si uno no quiere = it takes two to tangle ; it takes two to tango ; it takes two to make a quarrel .
Example: It takes two to tangle and the risk is in a woman living with a very dangerous animal, the human male. Example: Only time will tell, but one thing is for sure, it takes two to tango. Example: It takes two to make a quarrel, family or otherwise, fathers or sons.» estar peleados = be on bad terms ; be on unfriendly terms .
Example: He thinks her mother used witchcraft against him and they are on bad terms. Example: I still remember vividly us being on unfriendly terms back then, who knew we would end up this way?.» para pelearse hacen falta dos = it takes two to tangle ; it takes two to tango ; it takes two to make a quarrel .
Example: It takes two to tangle and the risk is in a woman living with a very dangerous animal, the human male. Example: Only time will tell, but one thing is for sure, it takes two to tango. Example: It takes two to make a quarrel, family or otherwise, fathers or sons.» pelear a brazo partido = fight + tooth and nail ; fight + hand to hand ; go at it + hammer and tongs ; fight + hard .
Example: In fact, it was the right-wing that fought tooth and nail against those who sought to outlaw child labor in this country. Example: Sgt. Joe Harris and a cornered burglar fought hand-to-hand in the struggle leading to their deaths from gunshot wounds. Example: The second half commenced as before with both teams going at it hammer and tongs. Example: Up to this date, women are still fighting hard to be on equal footing with men.» pelear a muerte = fight to + (the) death ; go at it + hammer and tongs ; battle to + (the) death .
Example: Hitler ordered his Nazi troops at Stalingrad to fight to death. Example: The second half commenced as before with both teams going at it hammer and tongs. Example: The two faced off, ready to battle to the death and when they engaged, the entire world shook with their might.» pelear con ahínco = put up + a brave fight .
Example: Sadly her winning run came to an end today but not before she had put up a brave fight to finish a gallant 2nd!.» pelear con arrojo = put up + a brave fight .
Example: Sadly her winning run came to an end today but not before she had put up a brave fight to finish a gallant 2nd!.» pelear con garra = put up + a brave fight .
Example: Sadly her winning run came to an end today but not before she had put up a brave fight to finish a gallant 2nd!.» pelear hasta la muerte = fight to + (the) death ; battle to + (the) death .
Example: Hitler ordered his Nazi troops at Stalingrad to fight to death. Example: The two faced off, ready to battle to the death and when they engaged, the entire world shook with their might.» pelear por = fight for .
Example: The poor thing had been cast aside and her paramour had not even endeavoured to fight for her = La pobre había sido rechazada y su amante ni incluso se había esforzado por defenderla.» pelearse = feud ; scuffle ; fall out ; quarrel ; brawl ; row ; have + a row .
Example: They used these relics to compel Flemish knights to cease feuding & make peace with their enemies, exploiting the fear of the miraculous powers of saints. Example: A fight had broken out and the boys were scuffling like alley cats in the parking lot. Example: The two men fell out shortly after the project started -- with the tragic result that Seymour shot himself. Example: But, firstly, the big German banks quarrelled among themselves over the division of the spoils. Example: Once the party was over, some 20000 people carried on celebrating the victory, some of whom began to brawl and hurl objects onto roads. Example: A retired policeman died of a heart attack yesterday after rowing with two joggers for dropping litter. Example: If we have a row he sulks for days and I have to try everything to get him to be nice again.» pelearse con = fall out with ; tussle with .
Example: From shooting stars to fallen stars, we look at the top 5 celebrites who've fallen out with fame. Example: A combative prisoner had to be shot twice with a stun gun after he tussled with police trying to place him into a detention cell.» pelearse (por) = war (over) .
Example: This paper chronicles the growing frequency of child abduction by divorced parents who are warring over child custody.» pelearse por = tussle for .
Example: she put a gun to his head and after that they were tussling for the gun and after that all I heard was gun shots.» pelearse por Hacer Algo = scramble .
Example: Every Olympic sponsor, media organizer and dedicated fan are scrambling to put up the web site that carries the most and best information in what will be the first Olympic Games to be followed in cyberspace.» seguir peleándose = wrangle on .
Example: It was all over bar the shouting, but they wrangled on until late afternoon.