altercar
/alteɾˈkaɾ/
verb
C1
el (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Forms
- present (yo)
- alterco
- preterite (yo)
- alterqué
- past participle
- altercado
Meaning
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to argue
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Alterca con los vecinos.
He argues with the neighbours.
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Similar words
altercar means to have a heated argument or altercation; polemizar means to debate or argue a point of controversy, more intellectual.
argumentar means to argue in the sense of presenting reasoning, not necessarily heated; altercar specifically means a heated dispute or altercation.
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Practice
1 What does altercar mean?
to argue
2 Which fingerprint chart matches altercar?
altercar: neutral register, academic frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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