pelea
scramble ; fight ; quarrel ; fray ; donnybrook ; run-in ; altercation ; fighting ; bickering ; squabble ; squabbling ; brawl ; rumble ; fistfight ; dust-up ; scrabble ; combat ; tiff ; fisticuffs ; fallout.
Mergers and acquisitions are playing an increasing important part in corporate strategies, stimulated by the scramble for market position in the new Europe.
The proud mother, as a result, had been a leader in the fight to establish a program for the 'gifted and talented' in the public school system.
The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography = The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography.
The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.
Feaver mentioned that she and Claverhouse frequently engage in some real 'donnybrooks,' as she put it, which invariably include a lot of amicable bantering, whenever they discuss anything.
'When you've been here a while, you'll see that it's hard to avoid run-ins with her,' Lehmann spoke up.
Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.
Even if the management decided to make an arbitrary decision, it would be better than the endless bickering and ad-hoc measures we are having to put up with.
One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
About 75% of all personal acts of violence (murder, assault and battery), 90% of vandalism, 75% of public brawls, & more than 50% of burglaries & thefts are alcohol-related.
It is common practice for gang members to make sure that the police are informed of an impending rumble.
Gone are the days of the good old fistfight, where instead of grabbing a gun, a knife or a bat to end an argument, you actually used your fist to make your point.
The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
They got into a scrabble with him after he'd made a racial slur towards blacks in a hotel bar once.
It is not without significance perhaps that some writers on the reference interview use the term 'encounter', which the Concise Oxford Dictionary defines as 'meet as adversary', 'meeting in combat'.
She found himself in trouble after a tiff with photo journalists during the shoot of a film.
He became known as a tough guy who wouldn't back down from any fisticuffs.
Two men who beat another to death in a fallout over a cannabis crop have been gaoled for life.
buscar pelea
pick + a fight
go looking for + trouble
Machiavelli advised rulers facing unpopularity at home to consider picking a fight with some other nation, noting that a threat from some foreign power tends to unite people and help them to forget their differences.
The quotation, 'I don't go looking for trouble; trouble usually finds me,' was used by J.K. Rowling in the book, 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'.
pelea a bofetadas
face-slapping
His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.
pelea a brazo partido
hand-to-hand fight
They are obviously in love with the same man, and the hand-to-hand fight is the traditional gypsy way to solve the dispute.
pelea a muerte
fight to death
If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?.
pelea a puñetazos
fistfight
fisticuffs
Gone are the days of the good old fistfight, where instead of grabbing a gun, a knife or a bat to end an argument, you actually used your fist to make your point.
He became known as a tough guy who wouldn't back down from any fisticuffs.
pelea callejera
street fight
The number of people so seriously injured in street fights that they need hospital treatment has increased by almost half.
pelea cuerpo a cuerpo
hand-to-hand fight
They are obviously in love with the same man, and the hand-to-hand fight is the traditional gypsy way to solve the dispute.
pelea de almohadas
pillow fight
In this room we've had so many pillow fights and pyjamas parties, so many good times.
pelea de boxeo
prize fight
boxing match
Coverage of the Jack Dempsey-Gene Tunney prize fight appealed to publishers of all stripe.
He was a medical doctor working ringside at boxing matches.
pelea de gallos
cock-fighting
Animal activists believe that banning cock-fighting will do little to control it.
pelea de perros
dogfight [dog fight]
The author examines dogfights where the act of each dog provokes a response from the other dog in what is viewed as a 'conversation of gestures' similar to that found in boxing & fencing.
pelea hasta la muerte
fight to death
If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?.
pelea infantil
petty bickering
petty fighting
petty fight
And the Democratic Party is a never-ending story of corruption, greed, petty bickering, and blithe disregard of the voters' interests.
Life's too short to worry over little things like petty fighting in a friendship.
Because of this, it is very important that couples learn how to handle petty fights in their relationship.
pelea mano a mano
hand-to-hand fight
They are obviously in love with the same man, and the hand-to-hand fight is the traditional gypsy way to solve the dispute.
provocar una pelea
pick + a fight
Machiavelli advised rulers facing unpopularity at home to consider picking a fight with some other nation, noting that a threat from some foreign power tends to unite people and help them to forget their differences.
separar una pelea
break up + fight
If you are trying to break up a cat fight or something to that nature pick it up by the scruff of the neck.
tener una pelea
have + a row
If we have a row he sulks for days and I have to try everything to get him to be nice again.
