lotta

Definitions of lotta
  1. noun
    a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
    synonyms: battaglia, combattimento, scontro
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    azione, azione militare, operazione militare
    a military engagement
  2. noun
    the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
    synonyms: battaglia, combattimento, tenzone
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    scaramuccia, schermaglia, spazzolata
    a minor short-term fight
    scherma
    the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules)
    fustigazione, sferzata
    the act of overcoming or outdoing
    mischia
    a noisy fight
    accapigliamento, baruffa, collutazione, pestaggio, rissa
    a noisy fight in a crowd
    accapigliamento, baruffa, collutazione, pestaggio, rissa
    a fistfight
  3. noun
    a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
    synonyms: disaccordo, discordanza, discordia, dissenso, dissidio, divergenza, malumore, scissura
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    margine, tolleranza
    a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
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    avanzo, differenza, difformità, disparità, disuguaglianza, divario, diversità, resto, saldo, spareggio, squilibrio
    the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
  4. noun
    a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
    synonyms: disaccordo, discordanza, discordia, dissenso, dissidio, malumore, scissura
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    antonyms:
    accordo, armonia, concerto, concordanza, concordia, intesa
    harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters
    types:
    disunione
    lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension)
    type of:
    conflitto, conflittualità, contestazione, contrapposizione, contrasto, frizione, opposizione, tensione, urto
    a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests
  5. noun
    the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
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