war in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for war in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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I.war [Am wɔr, Brit wɔː] N C or U

war
guerra f
during the (19)14-18 war
durante la guerra del 14
the War of Independence
la Guerra de la Independencia
First/Second World War, , World War I/II
Primera/Segunda Guerra Mundial
a holy war
una guerra santa
to be at war with sb/sth
estar en guerra con alguien/algo
to wage war
hacer la guerra
to declare war on sb/sth
declararle la guerra a alguien/algo
to go to war (with sb) (over sth)
entrar en guerra (con alguien) (por algo)
an act of war
un acto bélico or de guerra
the war on crime/poverty
la lucha contra la delincuencia/la pobreza
a war of nerves
una guerra de nervios
a war of words has broken out
ha empezado una discusión
the class war
la lucha de clases
to be in the wars you look as if you've been in the wars!
¡parece que vienes de la guerra!
war dead
muertos mpl de guerra
war refugee
refugiado m de guerra / refugiada f de guerra
war veteran
veterano m de guerra / veterana f de guerra

II.war <pres part warring; pt, pp warred> [Am wɔr, Brit wɔː] VB intr liter usu in -ing form

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war-torn [Am ˈwɔrˌtɔrn, Brit ˈwɔːtɔːn] ADJ

war-wounded [ˈwɔːˌwuːndɪd] N npl

war in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for war in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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pre-war [ˌpri:ˈwɔ:ʳ, Am -ˈwɔ:r] ADJ

war-weary [ˈwɔ:ˌwɪəri, Am ˈwɔ:rˌwɪri] ADJ

internecine war [ɪntəˈni:saɪnˌwɔ:ʳ, Am -t̬ɚˈni:sɪn-] N

war Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

there were rumblings of war
se hablaba de una posible guerra
to be on the war-path
estar en pie de guerra
to be on the war-path fig
tener ganas de pelea
all is fair in love and war prov
en la guerra y en el amor, todo se vale AmS
to put on one's war paint
darse potingues
war was threatening to break out when ...
estaba amagando la guerra cuando...
to be on a war footing
estar en pie de guerra
the bloodbath during the war in Rwanda
la mortandad de la guerra en Ruanda
to be on a war footing
estar en pie de guerra
war is raging in the country
el país arde en guerra
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Around them lie the silent husks of war: a submarine, a warplane, tracked transports, tent pegs, ships and shells some still waiting to explode.
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Just before the war he worked at a fishery collective farm.
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The trolleybus system was luckier, as most of its equipment, including the depot, survived the war.
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He tamed the devil of inflation, started the practice of cleaning up bank books and waged a war against crony capitalists.
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As the war continued, so did the openness of such decrees and orders.
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We very soon came to realise how much easier it was to make war than to reorganise for peace.
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War bond sales increased but enlistments went down.
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Both stores were looted in the final days of the war.
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There were so many manifestations of psychological reaction to war that everyone got classed as shell-shock.
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A class war is waging around us and it is merciless and thorough in its destruction.
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