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bickering

  • 1 rińa sobre lo mismo

    • bickering

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > rińa sobre lo mismo

  • 2 rifirafe

    = bickering, squabble, squabbling.
    Ex. 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.
    Ex. One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex. The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    * * *
    = bickering, squabble, squabbling.

    Ex: 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.

    Ex: One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex: The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.

    Spanish-English dictionary > rifirafe

  • 3 dimes y diretes

    • bickering
    • ifs and ands

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > dimes y diretes

  • 4 riña

    f.
    quarrel, fight, dispute, bickering.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: reñir.
    * * *
    1 (pelea) fight, brawl
    2 (discusión) quarrel, row, argument
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF (=discusión) quarrel, argument; (=lucha) fight, brawl

    riña de perros — dogfight, dogfighting

    * * *
    a) ( pelea) fight
    b) ( discusión) quarrel, argument, row (colloq)
    * * *
    = fireworks, donnybrook, wrangle, bickering, squabble, squabbling, rumble, spat, quarrel, affray, dust-up, fracas.
    Ex. 'You know, Tom, if I ever find another job -- and I'm already looking -- there will be some fireworks around here before I leave, I can guarantee you that!'.
    Ex. 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.
    Ex. This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.
    Ex. 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.
    Ex. One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex. The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex. It is common practice for gang members to make sure that the police are informed of an impending rumble.
    Ex. It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex. The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography = El siguiente relato de la pelea que tuvo lugar alreadedor de 1540 entre Thomas Platter y Balthasar Ruch procede de la autobiografía del mismo Platter.
    Ex. The Public Order Act 1986 contains many of the more common public order offences such as riot, affray and threatening behaviour.
    Ex. The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    Ex. There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.
    * * *
    a) ( pelea) fight
    b) ( discusión) quarrel, argument, row (colloq)
    * * *
    = fireworks, donnybrook, wrangle, bickering, squabble, squabbling, rumble, spat, quarrel, affray, dust-up, fracas.

    Ex: 'You know, Tom, if I ever find another job -- and I'm already looking -- there will be some fireworks around here before I leave, I can guarantee you that!'.

    Ex: 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.
    Ex: This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.
    Ex: 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.
    Ex: One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex: The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex: It is common practice for gang members to make sure that the police are informed of an impending rumble.
    Ex: It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex: The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography = El siguiente relato de la pelea que tuvo lugar alreadedor de 1540 entre Thomas Platter y Balthasar Ruch procede de la autobiografía del mismo Platter.
    Ex: The Public Order Act 1986 contains many of the more common public order offences such as riot, affray and threatening behaviour.
    Ex: The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    Ex: There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.

    * * *
    A (pelea) fight
    una riña callejera a street fight o brawl
    Compuesto:
    ( AmS) cockfight
    B (discusión) quarrel, argument, row ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo reñir: ( conjugate reñir)

    riña es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    reñir    
    riña
    reñir ( conjugate reñir) verbo intransitivo (esp Esp)

    b) riña CON algn ( pelearse) to quarrel o have a row with sb;

    ( enemistarse) to fall out with sb
    verbo transitivo (Esp) ( regañar) to scold, tell … off (colloq)
    riña sustantivo femenino
    a) ( pelea) fight;


    b) ( discusión) quarrel, argument, row (colloq)

    reñir
    I vi (tener una discusión) to quarrel, argue
    (enfadarse, dejar de hablarse) to fall out [con, with]
    II verbo transitivo
    1 (regañar) to tell off: mamá me riñó por romper el perchero, mum told me off for breaking the hatstand
    2 (una batalla) to fight
    riña sustantivo femenino
    1 (pelea,discusión) quarrel, argument
    2 (reprimenda) telling-off
    ' riña' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    disputa
    - gresca
    - lance
    - zafarrancho
    - zipizape
    - acalorado
    - bailarín
    - bochinche
    - bonche
    - callejero
    - camorra
    - cantarín
    - danzarín
    - gallo
    - jaleo
    - pelotera
    English:
    disagreement
    - fight
    - quarrel
    - quarreling
    - quarrelling
    - rough-and-tumble
    - settle
    - squabble
    - wrangling
    - argument
    - ballet
    - dancer
    - row
    - wrangle
    * * *
    riña nf
    1. [discusión] quarrel
    2. [pelea] fight
    RP riña de gallos cockfight
    * * *
    f quarrel, fight
    * * *
    riña nf
    1) : fight, brawl
    2) : dispute, quarrel
    * * *
    1. (discusión) quarrel / row
    2. (pelea) fight

    Spanish-English dictionary > riña

  • 5 disputa

    f.
    dispute.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: disputar.
    * * *
    1 (discusión) dispute, argument, quarrel
    2 (enfrentamiento) clash, struggle
    \
    sin disputa without dispute
    tener una disputa to quarrel
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=discusión) dispute, argument

    sin disputa — undoubtedly, beyond dispute

    2) (=controversia) controversy
    * * *
    a) (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument
    b) ( controversia) dispute

    es, sin disputa, la mejor — she is, without question, the best

    * * *
    = disputation, row, quarrel, fray, contest, run-in, altercation, dispute, wrangle, bickering, argument, squabble, squabbling, contestation, tug of war, spat, war of words, dust-up, grievance.
    Ex. Academic disputations are generally entered under the heading for the faculty moderator.
    Ex. The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.
    Ex. The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography = El siguiente relato de la pelea que tuvo lugar alreadedor de 1540 entre Thomas Platter y Balthasar Ruch procede de la autobiografía del mismo Platter.
    Ex. 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.
    Ex. Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.
    Ex. 'When you've been here a while, you'll see that it's hard to avoid run-ins with her,' Lehmann spoke up.
    Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex. In practice meetings of the Council of Ministers -- the Community's main legislative body -- have in recent years become a forum for acrimonious dispute.
    Ex. This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.
    Ex. 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.
    Ex. We do not want to see young assistants at the counter getting involved in an argument.
    Ex. One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex. The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex. These relations are constructed through negotiations and contestations that cannot be easily divorced from cultural context.
    Ex. Library administrators might be able to predict their fortunes in the academic tug of war for funds if they understood more clearly the attitudes of institutional administrators towards libraries.
    Ex. It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex. War of words exposed chinks in coalition.
    Ex. The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    Ex. So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).
    ----
    * disputa + continuar = dispute + rage.
    * disputa industrial = industrial dispute, industrial action.
    * disputa + perdurar = dispute + rage.
    * resolución de disputas = dispute settlement.
    * resolver una disputa = settle + dispute.
    * * *
    a) (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument
    b) ( controversia) dispute

    es, sin disputa, la mejor — she is, without question, the best

    * * *
    = disputation, row, quarrel, fray, contest, run-in, altercation, dispute, wrangle, bickering, argument, squabble, squabbling, contestation, tug of war, spat, war of words, dust-up, grievance.

    Ex: Academic disputations are generally entered under the heading for the faculty moderator.

    Ex: The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.
    Ex: The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography = El siguiente relato de la pelea que tuvo lugar alreadedor de 1540 entre Thomas Platter y Balthasar Ruch procede de la autobiografía del mismo Platter.
    Ex: 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.
    Ex: Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.
    Ex: 'When you've been here a while, you'll see that it's hard to avoid run-ins with her,' Lehmann spoke up.
    Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex: In practice meetings of the Council of Ministers -- the Community's main legislative body -- have in recent years become a forum for acrimonious dispute.
    Ex: This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.
    Ex: 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.
    Ex: We do not want to see young assistants at the counter getting involved in an argument.
    Ex: One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex: The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex: These relations are constructed through negotiations and contestations that cannot be easily divorced from cultural context.
    Ex: Library administrators might be able to predict their fortunes in the academic tug of war for funds if they understood more clearly the attitudes of institutional administrators towards libraries.
    Ex: It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex: War of words exposed chinks in coalition.
    Ex: The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    Ex: So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).
    * disputa + continuar = dispute + rage.
    * disputa industrial = industrial dispute, industrial action.
    * disputa + perdurar = dispute + rage.
    * resolución de disputas = dispute settlement.
    * resolver una disputa = settle + dispute.

    * * *
    1 (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument
    2 (controversia) dispute
    ha sido objeto de una larga disputa it has been the source of a long-running dispute
    es, sin disputa, la mejor she is, without question, the best
    3 (combate) fight
    * * *

    Del verbo disputar: ( conjugate disputar)

    disputa es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    disputa    
    disputar
    disputa sustantivo femenino
    a) (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument



    disputar ( conjugate disputar) verbo transitivo
    a) disputale algo a algn ‹ título› to challenge sb for sth;


    b) ‹ partido› to play;

    ‹ combate› to fight
    disputarse verbo pronominal:

    disputa sustantivo femenino
    1 (enfrentamiento) dispute
    (por un puesto, etc) contest
    2 (riña, pelea) argument
    disputar
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 (debatir) disputaban sobre ello acaloradamente, they were arguing heatedly about it
    2 (competir por) to contest: han disputado la carrera dos de los mejores atletas, two of the best athletes competed in the race
    II verbo transitivo
    1 (competir) to compete: le disputa la presidencia a Gómez, he is competing against Gómez for the presidency
    2 Dep (un encuentro) to play

    ' disputa' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acalorada
    - acalorado
    - bronca
    - concesión
    - discusión
    - disgusto
    - disputar
    - disputarse
    - margen
    - trabar
    - agrio
    - arbitrar
    - litigio
    - lugar
    - originar
    - pleito
    - querella
    English:
    acrimonious
    - contention
    - dispute
    - embroil
    - feud
    - fight
    - quarrel
    - quarreling
    - quarrelling
    - row
    - squabble
    - wrangle
    - settle
    * * *
    1. [discusión] dispute, argument
    2. [competición] contest;
    la disputa por el título de liga the battle for the league title;
    entrar en la disputa por algo to enter the contest for sth;
    hay mucha disputa para conseguir el puesto there's a lot of competition for the post
    3. [polémica] dispute;
    mediar o [m5] terciar en la disputa to intervene in the dispute;
    es, sin disputa, el más lujoso it is indisputably o unquestionably the most luxurious
    * * *
    f dispute;
    sin disputa undoubtedly
    * * *
    altercado, discusión: dispute, argument

    Spanish-English dictionary > disputa

  • 6 fregado

    m.
    washing, scour, scouring, scrub.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: fregar.
    * * *
    1 (lavado) washing; (frotado) scrubbing
    2 familiar (riña) fight, quarrel; (lío) mess, muddle
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    fregado, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) LAm * (=molesto) annoying
    2) LAm * (=difícil) [trabajo, tarea] tricky; [carácter, persona] fussy
    3) LAm * [persona] (=en mala situación económica) broke *; (=deprimido) down, in a bad way *; (=dañado, enfermo) in a bad way *
    4) LAm * (=puñetero) damn *, lousy *, bloody **
    5) Col, Perú (=astuto) cunning
    6) Chile, Col, Perú, Ven (=estricto) strict
    2.
    SM / F LAm (=persona difícil) fussy person
    3. SM
    1) (=acción de fregar) [con fregona] mopping; [con estropajo, cepillo] scrubbing; [con esponja, trapo] washing; [de platos] washing-up
    2) * (=lío) mess
    3) * (=riña) row
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1) (AmL exc RPl fam)
    a) ( molesto) annoying

    no seas fregado, hombre! — stop being such a pain o a bore (colloq)

    b) ( difícil) <examen/tema> tricky (colloq), tough (colloq); <persona/carácter> difficult
    c) [estar] (enfermo, delicado) in a bad way (colloq)
    d) [estar] ( sin dinero) broke (colloq)
    2) (Andes, Ven fam) ( exigente) strict
    3) (Col, Per fam) ( astuto) sly, sneaky (colloq)
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    1) (AmL exc RPl fam) ( persona difícil) difficult person
    2) fregado masculino
    a) ( restregadura) scrub, scrubbing
    b) (Esp) (fam) ( lío) mess
    * * *
    = mess, row, fray, wrangle, spat, squabbling, squabble, bickering, fracas.
    Ex. 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.
    Ex. The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.
    Ex. 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.
    Ex. This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.
    Ex. It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex. The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex. One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex. 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.
    Ex. There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.
    ----
    * meterse en todos los fregados = have + a finger in every pie.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1) (AmL exc RPl fam)
    a) ( molesto) annoying

    no seas fregado, hombre! — stop being such a pain o a bore (colloq)

    b) ( difícil) <examen/tema> tricky (colloq), tough (colloq); <persona/carácter> difficult
    c) [estar] (enfermo, delicado) in a bad way (colloq)
    d) [estar] ( sin dinero) broke (colloq)
    2) (Andes, Ven fam) ( exigente) strict
    3) (Col, Per fam) ( astuto) sly, sneaky (colloq)
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    1) (AmL exc RPl fam) ( persona difícil) difficult person
    2) fregado masculino
    a) ( restregadura) scrub, scrubbing
    b) (Esp) (fam) ( lío) mess
    * * *
    = mess, row, fray, wrangle, spat, squabbling, squabble, bickering, fracas.

    Ex: 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.

    Ex: The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.
    Ex: 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.
    Ex: This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.
    Ex: It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex: The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex: One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex: 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.
    Ex: There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.
    * meterse en todos los fregados = have + a finger in every pie.

    * * *
    fregado1 -da
    1 (molesto) annoying
    ¡no seas fregado, hombre, ven con nosotros! stop being such a pain o a bore and come with us ( colloq)
    ¡qué niño más fregado!, no me ha dejado descansar ni un momento that kid's a real pest o nuisance, he hasn't given me a moment's peace ( colloq)
    2 (difícil) ‹examen/tema› tricky ( colloq), tough ( colloq); ‹persona/carácter› difficult
    el asunto está fregado, no creo que nos lo den it's all very iffy o things are a bit tricky, I don't think they'll give it to us ( colloq)
    con la edad se ha puesto muy fregado he's become very cantankerous o difficult in his old age
    3 (fastidiado) in a bad way
    anda muy fregado he's in a terrible state o in a very bad way ( colloq)
    B (Andes, Ven fam) (exigente) strict
    es muy fregado con la puntualidad he's a real stickler for punctuality, he's really strict about punctuality
    C (Col, Per fam) (astuto) sly, sneaky ( colloq)
    fregado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    A ( AmL exc RPl fam) (persona difícil) difficult person
    B
    1 ( fam) (lío) mess
    2 (restregadura) scrub, scrubbing barrida A 1. (↑ barrida)
    * * *

    Del verbo fregar: ( conjugate fregar)

    fregado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    fregado    
    fregar
    fregado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (AmL exc RPl fam)


    ◊ ¡no seas fregado, hombre! stop being such a pain (colloq)

    b) ( difícil) ‹examen/tema› tricky (colloq), tough (colloq);

    ‹persona/carácter› difficult
    c) [estar] (enfermo, delicado) in a bad way (colloq);

    ( sin dinero) broke (colloq)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (AmL exc RPl fam) ( persona difícil) difficult person
    fregar ( conjugate fregar) verbo transitivo
    1 (lavar, limpiar) to wash;


    ( con cepillo) I scrubbed the floor;

    2 (AmL exc RPl fam)
    a) ( molestar) to bug (colloq)

    b) ‹planes/vacaciones› to ruin

    verbo intransitivo
    1 ( lavar los platos) to wash the dishes, to do the dishes (colloq);
    ( limpiar) to clean;
    ( restregar) to scrub
    2 (AmL exc RPl fam) ( molestar):
    ◊ ¡déjate de fregado! stop being such a pest!;

    ¡no friegues! ( no digas) you're kidding! (colloq)
    fregarse verbo pronominal
    1 (AmL fam) ( embromarse):
    ◊ ¡te friegas! tough! (colloq);

    ¡me fregué! I've really done it now! (colloq)
    2 (AmL exc RPl fam) ( malograrse):
    ◊ se fregadoon nuestros planes that's ruined o messed up our plans (colloq)

    fregado sustantivo masculino
    1 (lavado) washing
    2 (asunto complicado) messy affair: no quiero que me metas en tus fregados, I don't want you to involve me in your messes
    3 LAm fam (molestia) pain in the neck: cuidar de tus amigos es un fregado, it's a pain in the neck to have to take care of your friends
    fregar verbo transitivo
    1 (limpiar con agua) to wash: hoy te toca fregar los platos, today is your turn to do the dishes
    yo fregaré el suelo, I'll mop the floor
    2 LAm fam to annoy, irritate
    ' fregado' also found in these entries:
    English:
    scrub
    - washing-up
    * * *
    fregado, -a
    ♦ adj
    Andes, Méx, Ven Fam
    1. [persona] [ser] annoying;
    mi vecino es muy fregado my neighbour's a real pain
    2. [persona] [estar]
    perdí las llaves, ¡estoy fregada! I've lost my keys, I've had it!
    3. [situación] tricky;
    este problema es muy fregado this problem is really tricky o a real stinker
    4. [objeto] bust;
    ese reloj está fregado that watch has had it
    ♦ nm
    1. [lavado] [de platos, suelo] wash;
    [frotando] scrub
    2. Fam [lío] mess;
    meterse en un fregado to get into a mess
    3. Fam [discusión] row, rumpus
    ♦ nm,f
    Andes, Méx, Ven Fam [persona] pain, awkward customer;
    tu hermano es un fregado your brother's an awkward little beggar
    * * *
    I adj L.Am.
    annoying
    II m
    1 de platos washing; del suelo mopping; frotando scrubbing
    2 fam ( lío) mess;
    meterse en un buen fregado fig fam get into a fine mess fam
    * * *
    fregado, -da adj, fam : annoying, bothersome
    1) : scrubbing, scouring
    2) fam : mess, muddle

    Spanish-English dictionary > fregado

  • 7 pelea

    f.
    1 fight (a golpes).
    peleas callejeras street fighting
    2 row, quarrel (riña).
    3 combat, armed struggle, engagement.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: pelear.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: pelear.
    * * *
    1 (física) fight; (verbal) quarrel, row
    2 (esfuerzo) struggle
    \
    buscar pelea to look for trouble
    * * *
    noun f.
    3) row
    * * *
    SF [a golpes, patadas] fight; (=discusión, riña) quarrel, row

    gallo de pelea — fighting cock, gamecock

    * * *
    a) ( discusión) quarrel, fight (colloq), argument

    tuvimos una pelea — we quarreled o had an argument

    b) ( en sentido físico) fight
    c) ( en boxeo) fight
    * * *
    = scramble, fight, quarrel, fray, donnybrook, run-in, altercation, fighting, bickering, squabble, squabbling, brawl, rumble, fistfight, dust-up.
    Ex. Mergers and acquisitions are playing an increasing important part in corporate strategies, stimulated by the scramble for market position in the new Europe.
    Ex. 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.
    Ex. The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography = El siguiente relato de la pelea que tuvo lugar alreadedor de 1540 entre Thomas Platter y Balthasar Ruch procede de la autobiografía del mismo Platter.
    Ex. 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.
    Ex. 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.
    Ex. 'When you've been here a while, you'll see that it's hard to avoid run-ins with her,' Lehmann spoke up.
    Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex. The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.
    Ex. 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.
    Ex. One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex. The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex. 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.
    Ex. It is common practice for gang members to make sure that the police are informed of an impending rumble.
    Ex. 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.
    Ex. The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    ----
    * pelea a bofetadas = face-slapping.
    * pelea a muerte = fight to death.
    * pelea a puñetazos = fistfight.
    * pelea de almohadas = pillow fight.
    * pelea de boxeo = prize fight, boxing match.
    * pelea de perros = dogfight [dog fight].
    * pelea hasta la muerte = fight to death.
    * separar una pelea = break up + fight.
    * * *
    a) ( discusión) quarrel, fight (colloq), argument

    tuvimos una pelea — we quarreled o had an argument

    b) ( en sentido físico) fight
    c) ( en boxeo) fight
    * * *
    = scramble, fight, quarrel, fray, donnybrook, run-in, altercation, fighting, bickering, squabble, squabbling, brawl, rumble, fistfight, dust-up.

    Ex: Mergers and acquisitions are playing an increasing important part in corporate strategies, stimulated by the scramble for market position in the new Europe.

    Ex: 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.
    Ex: The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography = El siguiente relato de la pelea que tuvo lugar alreadedor de 1540 entre Thomas Platter y Balthasar Ruch procede de la autobiografía del mismo Platter.
    Ex: 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.
    Ex: 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.
    Ex: 'When you've been here a while, you'll see that it's hard to avoid run-ins with her,' Lehmann spoke up.
    Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex: The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.
    Ex: 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.
    Ex: One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex: The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex: 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.
    Ex: It is common practice for gang members to make sure that the police are informed of an impending rumble.
    Ex: 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.
    Ex: The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    * pelea a bofetadas = face-slapping.
    * pelea a muerte = fight to death.
    * pelea a puñetazos = fistfight.
    * pelea de almohadas = pillow fight.
    * pelea de boxeo = prize fight, boxing match.
    * pelea de perros = dogfight [dog fight].
    * pelea hasta la muerte = fight to death.
    * separar una pelea = break up + fight.

    * * *
    1 (riña, discusión) quarrel, fight ( colloq), argument
    anda siempre buscando pelea he's always trying to pick a quarrel o fight, he's always looking for an argument
    es ella la que siempre está armando pelea she's the one who always starts the fights
    tuvimos una pelea we quarreled o had an argument
    ni en pelea de perros ( Chi fam); never in one's life
    3 (en boxeo) fight
    Compuesto:
    (literal) cockfight; (discusión acalorada) shouting match
    * * *

    Del verbo pelear: ( conjugate pelear)

    pelea es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    pelea    
    pelear
    pelea sustantivo femenino
    a) ( discusión) quarrel, fight (colloq), argument;

    ◊ buscar pelea to try to pick a quarrel o fight;

    tuvimos una pelea we quarreled o had an argument


    pelear ( conjugate pelear) verbo intransitivo

    ◊ peleaon por una tontería they quarreled o (colloq) had a fight over a silly little thing


    ( terminar) to break up, split up

    pelea por algo to fight over sth
    pelearse verbo pronominal

    ( pegarse) to fight;
    pelease por algo to quarrel/fight over sth

    ( terminar) to break up, split up
    pelea sustantivo femenino
    1 (lucha) fight
    2 (discusión) row, quarrel: siempre está buscando pelea, he's always trying to pick a quarrel
    pelear verbo intransitivo
    1 (luchar) to fight
    2 (discutir) to quarrel, argue
    3 (esforzarse por algo) to work hard
    ' pelea' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bronca
    - callejera
    - callejero
    - contienda
    - deslucir
    - disputa
    - gallera
    - gallero
    - gallo
    - gresca
    - lance
    - reñida
    - reñido
    - riña
    - tomo
    - trapisonda
    - amañar
    - andar
    - armar
    - bochinche
    - interponerse
    - intervenir
    - lucha
    - parado
    - peleador
    - rendir
    - tongo
    English:
    aggro
    - argument
    - bang
    - bust-up
    - culminate
    - fight
    - fistfight
    - pick
    - punch-up
    - rough-and-tumble
    - roughhouse
    - row
    - run-in
    - scrap
    - spoil for
    - struggle
    - tussle
    - work up to
    - brawl
    - bust
    - ensue
    - falling
    - fist
    - quarrel
    - spoil
    * * *
    pelea nf
    1. [a golpes] fight;
    una pelea cuerpo a cuerpo a hand-to-hand fight
    2. [discusión] row, quarrel
    3. [combate] fight;
    una pelea de gallos a cockfight
    * * *
    f fight
    * * *
    pelea nf
    1) lucha: fight
    2) : quarrel
    * * *
    1. (lucha) fight
    2. (riña) quarrel / row

    Spanish-English dictionary > pelea

  • 8 reyerta

    f.
    1 fight, brawl.
    2 quarrel, dispute, fight, brawl.
    3 armed dispute, war.
    * * *
    1 quarrel, row, fight
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino brawl, fight
    * * *
    = row, wrangle, bickering, squabble, squabbling, dogfight [dog fight], brawl, scuffle, scuffling, spat, affray, dust-up, fracas, fracas.
    Ex. The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.
    Ex. This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.
    Ex. 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.
    Ex. One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex. The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex. The article recounts the 17-day political dogfight at which John W. Davis was eventually given the Democratic presidential nomination.
    Ex. 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.
    Ex. The focus of the discussion is less on the altercation than on the reactions of the teacher and the students not only to the fight but also to the atmosphere of the classroom after the scuffle.
    Ex. Violence in public places (eg, pubs, clubs, discos) is limited mainly to threats & scuffling.
    Ex. It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex. The Public Order Act 1986 contains many of the more common public order offences such as riot, affray and threatening behaviour.
    Ex. The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    Ex. There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.
    Ex. There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.
    ----
    * reyerta pública = affray.
    * * *
    femenino brawl, fight
    * * *
    = row, wrangle, bickering, squabble, squabbling, dogfight [dog fight], brawl, scuffle, scuffling, spat, affray, dust-up, fracas, fracas.

    Ex: The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.

    Ex: This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.
    Ex: 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.
    Ex: One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex: The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex: The article recounts the 17-day political dogfight at which John W. Davis was eventually given the Democratic presidential nomination.
    Ex: 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.
    Ex: The focus of the discussion is less on the altercation than on the reactions of the teacher and the students not only to the fight but also to the atmosphere of the classroom after the scuffle.
    Ex: Violence in public places (eg, pubs, clubs, discos) is limited mainly to threats & scuffling.
    Ex: It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex: The Public Order Act 1986 contains many of the more common public order offences such as riot, affray and threatening behaviour.
    Ex: The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    Ex: There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.
    Ex: There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.
    * reyerta pública = affray.

    * * *
    brawl, fight
    * * *

    reyerta sustantivo femenino brawl, fracas, fight
    ' reyerta' also found in these entries:
    English:
    brawl
    - punch-up
    - scuffle
    * * *
    fight, brawl
    * * *
    f fight
    * * *
    : brawl, fight

    Spanish-English dictionary > reyerta

  • 9 dimes

    m.pl.
    bickering, argument, quibbling.
    * * *
    1 familiar quibbling sing, bickering sing
    \
    andar en dimes y diretes familiar to quibble, bicker
    * * *
    SMPL

    dimes y diretes — (=riñas) bickering sing, squabbling sing ; (=chismes) gossip sing

    andar en dimes y diretes con algn — to bicker with sb, squabble with sb

    * * *
    dimes nmpl
    Fam
    el anuncio provocó dimes y diretes the announcement set people talking;
    andan todo el día con dimes y diretes they spend the whole day chattering o gossiping

    Spanish-English dictionary > dimes

  • 10 en un abrir y cerrar de ojos

    familiar in the twinkling of an eye
    ————————
    in the twinkling of an eye
    * * *
    * * *
    = in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a snap, in a jiffy, in the time it takes to flick a switch, at the flick of a switch, with the flick of a switch, in a flash, in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time, with the tip of a hat, in and out in a flash, in a heartbeat, as quick as a wink, at the drop of a hat, in a trice
    Ex. Society has moved from micro to macro scale in almost the blink of an eye.
    Ex. You can send an email message from Boston to Addis Ababa in a twinkling of an eye, but that message may be expunged in a second twinkling.
    Ex. Firefox installs in a snap, and it's free.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Chemistry in a Jiffy'.
    Ex. In the time it takes to flick a switch, the party can disintegrate into a free-for-all of petty bickering.
    Ex. It may now be possible to lower your blood pressure at the flick of a switch by stimulating parts of the brain with electrodes.
    Ex. Either armor piercing or high explosive ammunition may be selected with the flick of a switch.
    Ex. In a flash, without a moment wasted on intelligent astonishment, the poor accosted earthling gives a detailed description of the instrument he apparently assumes without further investigation the stranded space man needs.
    Ex. In no time at all, the printing revolution also changed institutions, including the educational system.
    Ex. What we call the universe, in short, came from almost nowhere in next to no time.
    Ex. Follow each of these tips, and you'll be on the road to success in no time.
    Ex. These people have absolutely no scruples, commiting genocide with the tip of a hat.
    Ex. Burglars could be in and out in a flash and it may be hours before you even realise that anything is missing.
    Ex. Life is too short, and it can be over in a heartbeat.
    Ex. And quick as a wink, Jack picked up the coin and put it into his purse.
    Ex. Sometimes these tantrums start at the drop of a hat for often no apparent reason other than the fact that he's 2 years old.
    Ex. In a trice we find ourselves left without civilisation -- just a push of a wrong button and everything goes straight to a primitive state.
    * * *
    = in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a snap, in a jiffy, in the time it takes to flick a switch, at the flick of a switch, with the flick of a switch, in a flash, in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time, with the tip of a hat, in and out in a flash, in a heartbeat, as quick as a wink, at the drop of a hat, in a trice

    Ex: Society has moved from micro to macro scale in almost the blink of an eye.

    Ex: You can send an email message from Boston to Addis Ababa in a twinkling of an eye, but that message may be expunged in a second twinkling.
    Ex: Firefox installs in a snap, and it's free.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Chemistry in a Jiffy'.
    Ex: In the time it takes to flick a switch, the party can disintegrate into a free-for-all of petty bickering.
    Ex: It may now be possible to lower your blood pressure at the flick of a switch by stimulating parts of the brain with electrodes.
    Ex: Either armor piercing or high explosive ammunition may be selected with the flick of a switch.
    Ex: In a flash, without a moment wasted on intelligent astonishment, the poor accosted earthling gives a detailed description of the instrument he apparently assumes without further investigation the stranded space man needs.
    Ex: In no time at all, the printing revolution also changed institutions, including the educational system.
    Ex: What we call the universe, in short, came from almost nowhere in next to no time.
    Ex: Follow each of these tips, and you'll be on the road to success in no time.
    Ex: These people have absolutely no scruples, commiting genocide with the tip of a hat.
    Ex: Burglars could be in and out in a flash and it may be hours before you even realise that anything is missing.
    Ex: Life is too short, and it can be over in a heartbeat.
    Ex: And quick as a wink, Jack picked up the coin and put it into his purse.
    Ex: Sometimes these tantrums start at the drop of a hat for often no apparent reason other than the fact that he's 2 years old.
    Ex: In a trice we find ourselves left without civilisation -- just a push of a wrong button and everything goes straight to a primitive state.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en un abrir y cerrar de ojos

  • 11 mercado libre

    m.
    free market, open market, parallel market.
    * * *
    = free market, open market, free-for-all
    Ex. The creation of a free market would lead to fewer titles, higher prices and a deterioration in relationships.
    Ex. Perhaps too, since their skills are identical, the advice here might benefit the new frontier of free-lance librarians, private researchers, information brokers, librarians-without-a-library, and so on, plying their trade on the open market, for fees.
    Ex. In the time it takes to flick a switch, the party can disintegrate into a free-for-all of petty bickering.
    * * *
    = free market, open market, free-for-all

    Ex: The creation of a free market would lead to fewer titles, higher prices and a deterioration in relationships.

    Ex: Perhaps too, since their skills are identical, the advice here might benefit the new frontier of free-lance librarians, private researchers, information brokers, librarians-without-a-library, and so on, plying their trade on the open market, for fees.
    Ex: In the time it takes to flick a switch, the party can disintegrate into a free-for-all of petty bickering.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mercado libre

  • 12 sálvese el que pueda

    Ex. In the time it takes to flick a switch, the party can disintegrate into a free-for-all of petty bickering.
    * * *

    Ex: In the time it takes to flick a switch, the party can disintegrate into a free-for-all of petty bickering.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sálvese el que pueda

  • 13 rencilla

    f.
    (long-standing) quarrel, feud.
    * * *
    1 quarrel
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=disputa) quarrel

    rencillas — arguments, bickering sing

    2) (=rencor) bad blood

    me tiene rencilla — he's got it in for me *, he bears me a grudge

    * * *
    femenino quarrel, row
    * * *
    = spat, grudge, bad blood.
    Ex. It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex. Letting bygones be bygones is not a natural thing for most of us -- we humans have long memories, we hold on to both grudges and fantasies.
    Ex. The conventional explanation of bad blood between Koreans and Japanese isthe 35 years of harsh Japanese occupation of Korea from 1910 to 1945.
    * * *
    femenino quarrel, row
    * * *
    = spat, grudge, bad blood.

    Ex: It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.

    Ex: Letting bygones be bygones is not a natural thing for most of us -- we humans have long memories, we hold on to both grudges and fantasies.
    Ex: The conventional explanation of bad blood between Koreans and Japanese isthe 35 years of harsh Japanese occupation of Korea from 1910 to 1945.

    * * *
    quarrel, row
    estoy harta de sus continuas rencillas I'm tired of their continual quarreling o rows
    * * *

    rencilla sustantivo femenino
    quarrel, row
    rencilla sustantivo femenino quarrel: las rencillas familiares minaron la relación, family squabbles undermined the relationship
    ' rencilla' also found in these entries:
    English:
    grudge
    * * *
    (long-standing) quarrel, feud
    * * *
    f fight, argument
    * * *
    : quarrel

    Spanish-English dictionary > rencilla

  • 14 tiquismiquis

    adj.
    pernickety.
    m. s.&pl.
    1 silly scruples, fussy details, silly objections.
    2 fussy scrupulous person, fusspot.
    m.&f. s&pl.
    fusspot.
    m.pl.
    1 squabbles (riñas).
    2 trifles (bagatelas).
    * * *
    2 (riñas) bickering sing
    \
    * * *
    masculino y femenino (Esp, Méx fam)
    a) ( persona) fusspot (colloq)
    b) tiquismiquis masculino ( reparos) fussing
    * * *
    = fusspot, fussbudget, picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].
    Ex. As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.
    Ex. And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.
    Ex. If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.
    ----
    * ser muy tiquismiquis con la comida = be a picky eater.
    * ser muy tiquismiquis para comer = be a picky eater.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino (Esp, Méx fam)
    a) ( persona) fusspot (colloq)
    b) tiquismiquis masculino ( reparos) fussing
    * * *
    = fusspot, fussbudget, picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].

    Ex: As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.

    Ex: And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.
    Ex: If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.
    * ser muy tiquismiquis con la comida = be a picky eater.
    * ser muy tiquismiquis para comer = be a picky eater.

    * * *
    (Esp, Méx fam)
    1 (persona) fusspot ( colloq)
    es un tiquismiquis para la comida he's a very fussy o picky eater ( colloq)
    es un tiquismiquis para el orden he's a stickler for order
    2
    déjate de tiquismiquis y cómelo todo stop fussing and eat it all up
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    tiquis miquis    
    tiquismiquis
    tiquismiquis familiar
    I adj (melindroso, escrupuloso) fussy, finicky
    II mf fussyperson, familiar fuss-pot
    * * *
    ♦ adj inv
    [maniático] pernickety
    ♦ nmf inv
    [maniático] fusspot, US fussbudget
    ♦ nmpl
    1. [reparos]
    andar con tiquismiquis to fuss over little things
    2. [bagatelas] trifles
    * * *
    m/f fam
    fuss-budget fam, Br
    fusspot fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > tiquismiquis

  • 15 dimes y diretes

    1 familiar quibbling sing, bickering sing
    * * *
    masculino plural (fam) tittle-tattle (colloq), gossip
    * * *
    masculino plural (fam) tittle-tattle (colloq), gossip
    * * *
    ( fam)
    tittle-tattle ( colloq), gossip
    * * *
    mpl fam
    1 gossip sg, tittle-tattle sg
    2
    :
    andar en diretes con alguien squabble with s.o.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dimes y diretes

  • 16 dares *

    SMPL

    dares y tomares — arguments, bickering sing

    andar en dares y tomares con algn — to bicker with sb, squabble with sb

    Spanish-English dictionary > dares *

  • 17 paloteo

    m.
    1 fight with sticks.
    2 squabbling.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: palotear.
    * * *
    SM bickering, wrangling

    Spanish-English dictionary > paloteo

  • 18 tiquismiquis *

    1.
    SMF INV (=persona) fusspot *, fussbudget (EEUU) *
    2. SMPL
    1) (=escrúpulos) silly scruples; (=detalles) fussy details; (=quejas) silly o trivial objections
    2) (=cortesías) affected courtesies, bowing and scraping
    3) (=riñas) bickering sing, squabbles
    4) (=molestias) minor irritations, pinpricks

    Spanish-English dictionary > tiquismiquis *

  • 19 dares y tomares

    squabbling, bickering

    Spanish-English dictionary > dares y tomares

  • 20 dimes

    • argument
    • bickering

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > dimes

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  • Bickering — Bick er*ing, n. 1. A skirmishing. Frays and bickerings. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Altercation; wrangling. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bickering — index altercation, argument (contention), contest (dispute), discord, dispute, dissension, dissidence …   Law dictionary

  • bickering — (n.) c.1300, a skirmish, from BICKER (Cf. bicker) (v.). Meaning a verbal wrangle is from 1570s. As a prp. adjective, attested from 1808 in the sense of contentious; earlier it was used to mean flashing, quivering (1660s) …   Etymology dictionary

  • bickering — spat, tiff, squabble, *quarrel, wrangle, altercation Analogous words: *discord, contention, dissension, strife, conflict …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • bickering — n. constant, incessant bickering * * * incessant bickering constant …   Combinatory dictionary

  • Bickering — Bicker Bick er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bickered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bickering}.] [OE. bikeren, perh. fr. Celtic; cf. W. bicra to fight, bicker, bicre conflict, skirmish; perh. akin to E. beak.] 1. To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. [Obs.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bickering —   Kū ē ē, ho opa apa a.    ♦ Bickering relationship, pili hukihuki …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • bickering — noun Petty quarreling. Usually considered a childish behaviour, although often applied to adults. Meeting of Parliament. Choice of a whig Speaker. Speech from the throne. Parliamentary proceedings, and party bickerings …   Wiktionary

  • bickering — Synonyms and related words: Kilkenny cats, aflicker, aggressive, aggressiveness, altercation, apologetics, apologia, apology, argument, argumentation, bellicose, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerent, bicker, blinking, boggling, captious,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • bickering — bick·er·ing || bkÉ™rɪŋ n. quarreling, squabbling, disputing, arguing bick·er || bɪkÉ™ v. quarrel, squabble, dispute, argue …   English contemporary dictionary

  • bickering — n. Dispute, quarrel, wrangle, wrangling, jangle, jarring, jangling, sparring, altercation, dissension, contention, strife, war of words …   New dictionary of synonyms

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