conflicto

Definitions of conflicto
  1. noun
    bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension
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    types:
    discordancia
    strife resulting from a lack of agreement
    type of:
    batalla, lucha, pugna
    an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
  2. noun
    an incompatibility of dates or events
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    type of:
    incompatibilidad
    the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination
  3. noun
    a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests
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    types:
    desacuerdo, disensión
    a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
    desunión
    lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension)
    type of:
    estado
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
  4. noun
    informal terms for a difficult situation
    synonyms: apretón, apuro, atolladero, brete, compromiso, confusión, conserva, desorden, embolismo, embrollo, enredo, estrecho, lío, maraña, mareo, pantano, taco
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    type of:
    dificultad
    a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
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