lucha

Spanish

noun
Definitions
  • fight, fighting, fray
  • struggle, battle in the figurative sense, strife, striving
  • (sport) wrestling
  • control, enforcement, fight e.g. disease control, tobacco control, drug control

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lucta, luctor (wrestle, I wrestle, struggle, fight, contend).

Origin

Latin

luctor

Gloss

wrestle, I wrestle, struggle, fight, contend

Concept
Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji
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