lucha

See also: Lucha, luchá, and lǜchá

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈl̪ˠʊxə]

Noun

lucha f pl

1. nominative/vocative/dative plural of luch

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlut͡ʃa/ [ˈlu.t͡ʃa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -utʃa
• Syllabification: lu‧cha

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin lucta, from Latin luctor (whence English reluctant and ineluctable). Compare Catalan lluita, Galician loita, French lutte, Italian lotta and Romanian luptă.

Noun

lucha f (plural luchas)

1. fight, fighting, fray

   Synonyms: pelea, riña

2. struggle, battle (in the figurative sense), strife, striving

   Synonym: batalla

   • 1973, “El pueblo unido jamás será vencido”, Quilapayún (lyrics), Sergio Ortega (music):

     Y ahora el pueblo / que se alza en la lucha / con voz de gigante / gritando: ¡adelante!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (sports, martial art) wrestling

   Synonym: pancracio

4. control, enforcement, fight (e.g. disease control, tobacco control, drug control)

Hypernyms

• deporte de combate
• deporte sangriento

Derived terms

• lucha de clases
• lucha grecorromana
• lucha libre

 

Related terms

• luchador (verb)
• luchar (verb)

 

Etymology 2

Verb

lucha

1. inflection of luchar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “lucha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• chula