pelear - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Verbs

to fight (so. (or: sth.))  | fought, fought |	pelear (contra algo (or: alguien))
to battle (against sth.)  | battled, battled | [MIL.]	pelear   or
to struggle  | struggled, struggled | [MIL.]   - fight	pelear   or
to contend (with so. for sth.)  | contended, contended |	pelear (contra alguien por algo)
to combat  | combated/combatted, combated/combattedcombated/combatted |	pelear
to skirmish  | skirmished, skirmished |	pelear
to brawl  | brawled, brawled |	pelear
to spat  | spatted, spatted |	pelear por algo
to strive toward^AE sth.; to strive towards^BE sth.  | strove/strived, strove/strivedstriven/strived |	pelear por algo   - afanarse
to try for sth.  | tried, tried |	pelear por algo   - afanarse
to go after sth.  | went, gone |	pelear por algo   - afanarse
to roughhouse  | roughhoused, roughhoused | (Amer.) [coll.]   - fight, but not seriously	pelear   - de broma, p. ej.: entre hermanos
to close sth. ⇔  with  | closed, closed |	empezar a pelear con algo

Nouns

rowdiness

ganas de pelear

Phrases / Collocations

to pick a fight with so.	empezar una pelea
It takes two to tango.	Dos no se pelean si uno no quiere.

Orthographically similar words

pedlar, peeler

apelar, elevar, palear, pelar, pelea, perlar, plegar

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