Polyglot Dictionary

contienda

/konˈtjenda/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las contiendas

Meaning

  1. dispute

    • La contienda duró meses.

      The dispute lasted months.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

disputa

contienda often implies a larger-scale contest or conflict, like a political contest; disputa is more general, any dispute or argument.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

disputa

disputa is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "dispute."

Practice

1 What does contienda mean?

2 Fill the gap: La ___ duró meses.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches contienda?

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