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lottare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brawl noun A rough, disorderly fight or argument, usually involving several people.
  • fight verb To engage in physical combat or violence with someone.
  • strive verb To make a great and sustained effort to achieve something.
  • struggle verb To make a strong, difficult effort to do, achieve, or overcome something.
  • vie verb To compete eagerly with others to get or achieve something.

Senses

lottare is used for these senses in English:

  • brawl (intransitive) To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.
  • fight (transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
  • fight (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
  • fight (transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
  • strive To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest.
  • struggle To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
  • vie (intransitive) To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.

brawl — full definition

  1. noun A rough, disorderly fight or argument, usually involving several people.
  2. verb To take part in a rowdy fight or noisy quarrel.

fight — full definition

  1. verb To engage in physical combat or violence with someone.
  2. verb To struggle or campaign strongly for or against something.
  3. noun An instance of physical combat or a violent confrontation.
  4. noun A conflict, argument, or contest, not necessarily physical.
  5. noun The determination or spirit needed to keep struggling.

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