struggle

English

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Noun

struggle (plural struggles)

1. strife, contention, great effort

Translations

strife, effort

Afrikaans: stryd Arabic: كفاح (kifaaH), نضال (ar) (niDaal) m. Chinese: trad. 掙扎, simpl. 挣扎 (pinyin: zhēngzhá), trad. 奮鬥, simpl. 奋斗 (pinyin: fèndòu), trad. 鬥爭, simpl. 斗争 (pinyin: dòuzhēng) Czech: zápas (cs) m. Danish: kamp (en) Dutch: gevecht (nl), strijd (nl) Finnish: taistelu (fi) French: lutte (fr) f. German: Kampf (de) m. Greek: αγώνας (el) m. Hungarian: küzdelem (hu) Italian: lotta (it) f.

Japanese: 奮闘 (ja) (ふんとう, funtō), 闘争 (ja) (とうそう, tōsō) Korean: 투쟁 (tujaeng) Kurdish: Sorani: خه‌بات (ku) (xebat) Norwegian: kjempe (no), streve (no) Portuguese: luta (pt) f. Russian: борьба (ru) (bor’bá) f. Scottish Gaelic: iomairt (gd) f. Spanish: lucha (es) f. Swedish: kamp (sv) Telugu: పోరాటం (pOraaTaM)

Verb

struggle (third-person singular simple present struggles, present participle struggling, simple past and past participle struggled)

1. to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.

   During the centuries, the people of Ireland struggled constantly to assert their right to govern themselves.

   • 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, BBC Sport:

     England were ponderous with ball in hand, their runners static when taking the ball and their lines obvious, while their front row struggled badly in the scrum.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Translations

to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight

Arabic: يكافح Chinese: trad. 奮鬥, simpl. 奋斗 (pinyin: fèndòu) Czech: zápasit (cs) Danish: kæmpe (da) Dutch: vechten, worstelen, moeite hebben met (same meaning as worstelen) Finnish: ponnistella, kamppailla French: lutter (fr), s'efforcer (fr) German: sich durchbeißen Hungarian: küzd (hu), harcol (hu), viaskodik (hu) Italian: lottare (it)

Japanese: 闘争する (ja) (tōsōsuru), 奮闘する (ja) (funtōsuru) Kurdish: Sorani: تێکۆشان (ku) (taekoshAn), خه‌بات (ku) (khabAt) Norwegian: slåss (no), kjempe (no), slite (no) streve (no) Old English: winnan (ang) Portuguese: lutar (pt), debater-se (pt) Romanian: lupta (ro), zbate (ro) Russian: бороться (ru) (borót’sja) Spanish: luchar (es), esforzarse con denuedo (es)