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altercado — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • altercation noun A noisy or angry argument, often in public.
  • argument noun A reason or set of reasons given to support a conclusion.
  • fracas noun A loud, chaotic argument, fight, or disturbance.
  • spat noun A brief, minor argument or quarrel.
  • strife noun Bitter conflict or struggle, sometimes violent.
  • tiff noun A minor argument or quarrel.
  • wrangle verb To argue or quarrel at length, often noisily.

Senses

altercado is used for these senses in English:

  • fracas A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.
  • spat A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.
  • strife Bitter conflict, sometimes violent.
  • tiff A (generally small) argument or disagreement; a petty quarrel, a spat.
  • wrangle (countable) An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; an altercation.
  • wrangle (uncountable) Angry disputation; noisy quarrelling.

argument — full definition

  1. noun A reason or set of reasons given to support a conclusion.
  2. noun A heated disagreement between people.
  3. noun In computing, a value passed into a function or command.

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