lutar
Portuguese
/lu.ˈtaɾ/, /lu.ˈta(ʁ)/
verb
Definitions
- to fight (in) participate in a conflict
- to fight against participate in a conflict against an enemy
- to fight; to struggle against try to stop something
- to fight (for); to strive (for); to struggle try to obtain something
- to struggle (against) attempt to counteract a force
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese luitar inherited from Latin luctāre, luctārī derived from Proto-Indo-European *lugsos.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lugsos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *luctāre Latin
- luctator, luctatōrem Latin
- luctor, luctārī Latin
- luctāre Latin
- luctārī Latin
- luxus Latin
- lottare Italian
- lottatore Italian
- lutter French
- lutteur French
- luchador Spanish, Castilian
- luchar Spanish, Castilian
- *lewg- Proto-Indo-European
- *lugsos Proto-Indo-European
- lutador Portuguese
- luitier Old French
- luitier, loitier, luiter Old French
- lluitador Catalan, Valencian
- lluitar Catalan, Valencian
- loitar Galician
- lupta Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- luptător Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- luitar Old Portuguese
- luchar Occitan
- lotâ Friulian
- luttà Neapolitan
- luta Guinea-Bissau Creole