lucha
See also: Lucha, luchá, and lǜchá
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈl̪ˠʊxə]
Noun
lucha f pl
- nominative/vocative/dative plural of luch
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin lucta, from Latin luctor (whence English reluctant and ineluctable). Compare Catalan lluita, Galician loita, French lutte, Italian lotta and Romanian luptă.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlut͡ʃa/ [ˈlu.t͡ʃa]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -utʃa
- Syllabification: lu‧cha
Noun
lucha f (plural luchas)
- fight, fighting, fray
- Synonyms: pelea, riña
- struggle, battle (in the figurative sense), strife, striving
- Synonym: batalla
- 1973, Quilapayún (lyrics), Sergio Ortega (music), “El pueblo unido jamás será vencido”:
- Y ahora el pueblo / que se alza en la lucha / con voz de gigante / gritando: ¡adelante!
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- (sports, martial art) wrestling
- Synonym: pancracio
- control, enforcement, fight (e.g. disease control, tobacco control, drug control)
Hypernyms
- deporte de combate
- deporte sangriento
Derived terms
- lucha de clases
- lucha grecorromana
- lucha libre
Related terms
- luchar (verb)
- luchador (verb)
Verb
lucha
- inflection of luchar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “lucha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- chula