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tr['kwɪbəl]1 (difficulty) pega, objeción nombre femenino2 (subtlety) sutileza3 (evasion) evasiva, subterfugio1 poner pegas, sutilizar2 familiar buscarle tres pies al gatoquibble n: objeción f de poca monta, queja f insignificanten.• evasión s.f.• quisquilla s.f.• retruécano s.m.• sofistería s.f.• sutileza s.f.v.• buscar evasivas v.• sutilizar v.
I 'kwɪbəlnoun objeción f ( de poca monta)
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intransitive verb hacer* problemas por nimiedades['kwɪbl]to quibble OVER o ABOUT something: who's going to quibble over o about a dollar? ¿quién va a protestar or se va a quejar por un dólar?; to quibble WITH something: he quibbles with everything I say — le pone peros a todo lo que digo
1.N (=trivial objection) objeción f de poca montahe dismissed their objections as mere quibbles — desestimó sus objeciones como si se trataran de simples nimiedades
the deal was held up by some legal quibble — se retrasó el acuerdo a causa de una pequeña objeción de carácter legal
2.to quibble over or about sth — discutir por algo sin importancia
there's no point in quibbling about who's right and who's wrong — no sirve de nada discutir por quién tiene razón y quién no
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I ['kwɪbəl]noun objeción f ( de poca monta)
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intransitive verb hacer* problemas por nimiedadesto quibble OVER o ABOUT something: who's going to quibble over o about a dollar? ¿quién va a protestar or se va a quejar por un dólar?; to quibble WITH something: he quibbles with everything I say — le pone peros a todo lo que digo
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