Polyglot Dictionary

rixa

/ˈxiʃɐ/

a noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as rixas

Meaning

  1. quarrel

    • Houve uma rixa.

      There was a quarrel.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

querela

rixa and querela are close synonyms for "quarrel," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

riña

riña is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "quarrel."

Practice

1 What does rixa mean?

2 Fill the gap: Houve uma ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches rixa?

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