brawl

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Middle English braule, brall "brawl, squabble" from braulen, brallen "to clamour, boast, quarrel". Compare Middle High German prālen "to boast, flaunt" (German prahlen "to vaunt, boast, flaunt"), Low German brallen "to brag", Dutch brallen "to boast", Danish bralle "chatter, jabber".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /brɔːl/

Rhymes: -ɔːl

• (US) IPA: /brɔl/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /brɑl/

Noun

Bauernrauferei beim Kartenspiel (Smallholders Playing Cards, c. 1630–1640) by Flemish painter Adriaen Brouwer

brawl (plural brawls)

1. A fight, usually with a huge amount of people involved.

Translations

A fight or quarrel

Bulgarian: уличен скандал (bg), шумна кавга (bg) Finnish: tappelu (fi), nujakka (fi), rähinä (fi) French: bagarre (fr) f., rixe (fr) f., (France, slang) baston (fr) f. German: Rauferei (de) f. Hungarian: (slang) bunyó (hu) Icelandic: áflog n. pl., bardagi m., slagsmál n. pl.

Ido: tumulto Italian: lotta (it) f., combattimento (it) m., rissa (it) f., battaglia (it) f., baruffa (it) f., zuffa (it) f. Polish: bijatyka (pl) f., burda (pl) f. Portuguese: rixa (pt), querela (pt), briga (pt), rinha (pt), confronto (pt) Swedish: slagsmål (sv) n.

Verb

brawl (third-person singular simple present brawls, present participle brawling, simple past and past participle brawled)

1. To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.

Translations

fight or quarrel

Bulgarian: карам се (bg) Finnish: rähistä (fi), räyhätä (fi), nujakoida (fi) French: se bagarrer (fr) German: raufen (de) Icelandic: slást, berjast, fljúgast á

Ido: disputachar Italian: lottare (it), combattere (it) Spanish: reyerto (es) m., reyerta (es) f., bronca (es) f. Swedish: slåss (sv)