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pugnar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • 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.

Senses

pugnar is used for these senses in English:

  • strive To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
  • 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.

struggle — full definition

  1. verb To make a strong, difficult effort to do, achieve, or overcome something.
  2. noun A hard and prolonged effort or fight, often against difficult odds.

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