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lutar — 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.
  • grapple verb To struggle hard with a difficult problem or situation.
  • struggle verb To make a strong, difficult effort to do, achieve, or overcome something.
  • wrestle verb To grapple with an opponent, trying to throw or pin them down, often as a sport.

Senses

lutar 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 (intransitive) To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success.
  • grapple (figuratively, with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.
  • struggle To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
  • wrestle To grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat.

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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