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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