Reñido in english
Fighting
pronunciation: faɪtɪŋ part of speech: noun
pronunciation: faɪtɪŋ part of speech: noun
In gestures
reñido = keen ; disputed.
Example: Formal logic used to be a keen instrument in the hands of the teacher in his trying of students' souls.Example: Disputed and even fraudulent works of history can make their way onto library shelves.more:
» campeonato muy reñido = close competition .
Example: A close competition, there was a winning team and two teams tied in second place.» competición muy reñida = close competition .
Example: A close competition, there was a winning team and two teams tied in second place.» estar reñidos = be at odds .
Example: As they stand, these two theories of pictorial representation are neither in agreement nor at odds, but incommensurable.» extremadamente reñido = fiercely-contested .
Example: The area now covered by metropolitan Atlanta was the scene of several fiercely-contested battles.» llegada muy reñida = close finish .
Example: In 1947 certain racetracks introduced cameras at the winning post to determine the outcomes of close finishes.» muy reñido = neck and neck ; nip and tuck .
Example: In recent months, DC has continued to close the gap, and the two leaders are now virtually neck and neck = En los últimos meses, DC ha continuado acortando distancias y ahora los dos líderes van bastante parejos. Example: The entire game was nip and tuck and the win could have gone either way.reñir = berate ; bicker ; quarrel ; niggle ; scold ; squabble ; tell + Nombe + off ; argue ; row ; have + a row ; tussle ; wrangle ; take + Nombre + to task.
Example: Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.Example: Chapter 4 presents solutions for when children fight, bicker, compete, namecall, and hit.Example: But, firstly, the big German banks quarrelled among themselves over the division of the spoils.Example: The House of Commons passed the week in niggling without result over a profusion of theoretical issues.Example: Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.Example: Let's not squabble about the fact that Bush actually eked out a razor-thin victory in the popular vote.Example: Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.Example: Cutter argued that when it could be established that the second term was definitely more significant then inversion of headings was acceptable.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.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.Example: I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.more:
» reñir con = tussle with .
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.» reñir 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.» reñirse con = be at odds with .
Example: These activities may also be at odds with processes routinely applied across the board, such as lamination.» seguir riñiendo = wrangle on .
Example: It was all over bar the shouting, but they wrangled on until late afternoon.