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luchar

to fight, to struggle

verb loo-CHAHR Less Common

Also means

to wrestle

Usage Note

Luchar covers both physical fighting and metaphorical struggle (luchar contra la enfermedad, to fight illness). It is followed by contra (against) or por (for/in favor of). The noun lucha also means 'wrestling' as a sport. Lucha libre is the colorful masked wrestling tradition popular in Mexico.

Examples

"Hay que luchar por lo que uno cree."

Natural Translation

One must fight for what one believes in.

Literal Translation

There-is-that to-fight for what one believes

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