Polémica in english
Controversy
pronunciation: kɑntrəvɜrsi part of speech: noun
pronunciation: kɑntrəvɜrsi part of speech: noun
In gestures
polémica = controversy ; debate ; polemic ; dispute ; argument ; war of words.
Example: I do not intend to discuss this controversy at any length.Example: The debate as to which is the most effective way to classify books has not been positively settled.Example: Maybe this would not matter too much if the audience for their polemics was not a potential adversary or executant of policy.Example: In practice meetings of the Council of Ministers -- the Community's main legislative body -- have in recent years become a forum for acrimonious dispute.Example: We do not want to see young assistants at the counter getting involved in an argument.Example: War of words exposed chinks in coalition.more:
» comenzar una polémica = initiate + an argument ; start + an argument ; start + a controversy .
Example: Before you initiate or engage in an argument, consider if this conversation is worth your time, effort, and energy. Example: Certain topics -- such as religion, politics, healthcare, education, and feminism -- will almost always start an argument and are best avoided in social situations. Example: Some time ago I wrote a paper that started a controversy that has lasted until the present day.» empezar una polémica = initiate + an argument ; start + an argument ; start + a controversy .
Example: Before you initiate or engage in an argument, consider if this conversation is worth your time, effort, and energy. Example: Certain topics -- such as religion, politics, healthcare, education, and feminism -- will almost always start an argument and are best avoided in social situations. Example: Some time ago I wrote a paper that started a controversy that has lasted until the present day.» iniciar una polémica = initiate + an argument ; start + an argument ; start + a controversy .
Example: Before you initiate or engage in an argument, consider if this conversation is worth your time, effort, and energy. Example: Certain topics -- such as religion, politics, healthcare, education, and feminism -- will almost always start an argument and are best avoided in social situations. Example: Some time ago I wrote a paper that started a controversy that has lasted until the present day.» material objeto de polémica = challenged materials .
Example: No selection policy and procedures for challenged materials have been established.» participar en una polémica = engage in + an argument .
Example: Before you initiate or engage in an argument, consider if this conversation is worth your time, effort, and energy.» polémica + fraguarse = controversy + brew .
Example: Coca-Cola appears to be taking pains to buff up its tarnished image -- a controversy continues to brew over pesticides found in its soda products.» polémica + gestarse = controversy + brew .
Example: Coca-Cola appears to be taking pains to buff up its tarnished image -- a controversy continues to brew over pesticides found in its soda products.» que genera polémica = confrontational .
Example: The author describes 2 types of violence that could occur: theft-associated violence and confrontational violence.» relacionado con una polémica = confrontational .
Example: The author describes 2 types of violence that could occur: theft-associated violence and confrontational violence.» tomar parte en una polémica = engage in + an argument .
Example: Before you initiate or engage in an argument, consider if this conversation is worth your time, effort, and energy.polémico = controversial ; polemic ; polemical ; divisive ; argumentative ; contentious ; fractious ; vexed ; disputed ; prickly .
Example: The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.Example: The paper discusses some remaining 'grey areas' in faceted classification and the value for expository purposes of a mildly polemic approach to issues in classification.Example: I am afraid I shall disappoint again, for this book is not a polemical document, nor is it even a personal view of community information.Example: It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.Example: 'I don't know about that one,' Bogardus said, politely argumentative.Example: One of the most contentious issues dividing publishers and librarians centres on the interpretation of fair use in the context of digital technologies.Example: Thus was Christianity codified into a Bible that still today is the central element in the faith of the two billion adherents of the largest, if most fractious, of the world's religions.Example: A vexed area on which the present rules give no guidance is the publication produced as a result of a special programme or project.Example: Disputed and even fraudulent works of history can make their way onto library shelves.Example: The reunion between siblings was prickly and the tension grew with every passing moment.more:
» asunto polémico = sore subject ; prickly subject ; thorny subject .
Example: This probably has more to do with that and the fact that the movie is about Hitler, which is still a sore subject in Germany. Example: Labor rights are still a prickly subject in Wisconsin. Example: Sex education in schools has always been a thorny subject.» cuestión polémica = vexing question .
Example: The author examines the rapid growth in Internet-based electronic commerce and considers the vexing question of whether or not the Internet should be taxed.» evitar polémicas = eschew + issues .
Example: Many long-term residents feel that Junctionville should be governed the way it was before Groome appeared -- by 'good old boys' who had worked their way up, who eschewed issues, and who faithfully rewarded their cronies.» extremadamente polémico = highly controversial .
Example: In this documentary, Professor Richard Dawkins embarks on a highly controversial journey to show that religion is the root of all evil.» incitar polémica = rattle + Posesivo + cage .
Example: The author maintains that his poem makes an attempt to rattle the cage and is a gesture toward revolt, a call to abandon any vision of human life that does not embrace the sexual universe.» levantar la polémica = spark + controversy .
Example: Serials control, always the subject of considerable discussion, continues to spark controversy.» material polémico = challenged materials .
Example: No selection policy and procedures for challenged materials have been established.» muy polémico = highly controversial .
Example: In this documentary, Professor Richard Dawkins embarks on a highly controversial journey to show that religion is the root of all evil.» no polémico = non-controversial [noncontroversial] .
Example: At the session on Sunday 15th, it was agreed to put to bed the non-controversial items.» polémica + abundar = controversy + rage [Especialmente de modo violento o con fuerza] .
Example: This report seems to have raised more questions than it has answered, particularly in the area of ILL costs and charges, where controversy rages and agreement between the various types of library appears well-nigh impossible to reach.» polémica + continuar = controversy + rage [Especialmente de modo violento o con fuerza] ; argument + rage [Especialmente de modo violento o con fuerza] .
Example: This report seems to have raised more questions than it has answered, particularly in the area of ILL costs and charges, where controversy rages and agreement between the various types of library appears well-nigh impossible to reach. Example: For some years now an argument has raged over author versus title entry for nonbook materials.» polémica + girar en torno a = controversy + revolve around .
Example: Many of the problems in children's reading, and much of the controversy over what should be stocked in children's libraries, revolve around the matter of choosing 'suitable' books for children of all ages.» polémica + perdurar = argument + rage [Especialmente de modo violento o con fuerza] .
Example: For some years now an argument has raged over author versus title entry for nonbook materials.» ser polémico = be polemic ; be controversial .
Example: As a result, faculty and students in the social sciences often focus on issues that are polemic -- racism, international conflict and war, ethnic strife, poverty. Example: The causes of the First World War have long been controversial and remain so.» suscitar la polémica = spark + controversy .
Example: Serials control, always the subject of considerable discussion, continues to spark controversy.» tema polémico = vexing issue ; sore subject ; prickly subject ; thorny subject ; heated topic ; controversial topic ; cause célèbre [Expresión de origen francés usado en su origen para referirse a un juicio o pleito legal muy comentado por todos] .
Example: The author describes how liberal arts colleges are confronting these challenges and offers suggestions on how to manage this vexing issue. Example: This probably has more to do with that and the fact that the movie is about Hitler, which is still a sore subject in Germany. Example: Labor rights are still a prickly subject in Wisconsin. Example: Sex education in schools has always been a thorny subject. Example: The light-skinned vs. dark-skinned debate has been a heated topic within the black community for decades. Example: I want to hear people's opinions on controversial topics, like gay marriage and abortion. Example: The war in Iraq became a 'cause célèbre' for Islamic extremists, breeding deep resentment of the U.S..