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guerra
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1      (Mil, Pol)   war
(=arte)   warfare
Primera Guerra Mundial      First World War
Segunda Guerra Mundial      Second World War
de guerra      military, war    antes de s
Ministerio de Guerra      Ministry of War, War Office, War Department   (EEUU)
declarar la guerra      to declare war
  ( a      on)
estar en guerra      to be at war
  ( con      with)
hacer la guerra      to wage war
  ( a      on)
♦   guerra a muerte   war to the bitter end
♦   guerra atómica   atomic war(fare)
♦   guerra bacteriana, guerra bacteriológica   germ warfare
♦   guerra biológica   biological warfare
♦   guerra caliente   hot war, shooting war
♦   guerra civil   civil war
♦   guerra comercial   trade war
♦   guerra convencional   conventional warfare
♦   guerra de agotamiento, guerra de desgaste   war of attrition
♦   guerra de bandas   gang warfare
♦   guerra de guerrillas   guerrilla warfare
♦   Guerra de la Independencia     (LAm)   War of Independence     (Esp)   Peninsular War
♦   guerra de las galaxias   Star Wars
♦   Guerra de los Cien Años   Hundred Years' War
♦   Guerra de los Treinta Años   Thirty Years' War
♦   Guerra del Transvaal   Boer War
♦   guerra de nervios   war of nerves
♦   guerra de precios   price war
♦   Guerra de Sucesión   War of Spanish Succession
♦   guerra de trincheras   trench warfare
♦   guerra económica   economic warfare
♦   guerra nuclear   nuclear war(fare)
♦   guerra psicológica   psychological warfare
♦   guerra química   chemical warfare
♦   guerra relámpago   blitzkrieg, lightning war   (EEUU)
♦   guerra santa   holy war, crusade
♦   guerra sin cuartel   all-out war
♦   guerra sucia   dirty war
  →   declarar     →   A1

2    (=problemas)
dar guerra        (gen)    to be a nuisance
  ( a      to)   , make trouble     ( a      for)
[niño]   to carry on
pedir o querer guerra        (gen)    to look for trouble
*, sexualmente   to feel randy o horny *

3    (=juego)   billiards
GUERRA CIVIL ESPAÑOLA
Spain's political climate was extremely volatile in the 1930s, under the Second Republic, with various sectors of society all vying for power. The elections of February 1936 were won by a coalition of socialist and anarchist groups known as the Frente Popular or FP, and were followed by a period of strikes, uprisings and social disorder. On 18 July of that year, General Francisco Franco led a military coup. In the ensuing war Franco's side was known as the Nacionales and the government forces as the Republicanos. Neither army was well-equipped, so foreign support was a decisive factor: the USSR sent aid to the Republicans and volunteers from all over Europe formed Brigadas Internacionales (International Brigades) to fight with them. Fascist Italy and Germany sent troops and weapons to Franco. The fighting was bitter and protracted, and the Nationalists' superior firepower finally triumphed. The war ended officially on 1 April 1939, when Franco proclaimed himself Jefe del Estado, a position he held for the next 36 years.
  →   franquismo

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guerra abierta	nf.	open warfare

guerra bacteriológica	nf.	biological warfare

guerra biológica	nf.	biological warfare

guerra comercial	nf.	trade war

guerra psicológica	nf.	psychological warfare

guerra química	nf.	chemical warfare

guerra relámpago	nf.	blitzkrieg

guerra civil	exp.	civil war

Guerra de los Cien Años	nf.	Hundred Years' War

Guerra de los Seis Días	nf.	Six Day War

guerra a muerte	nf.	fight to the death

guerra de almohadas	nf.	pillow fight

guerra de baja intensidad	nf.	low intensity warfare

guerra de desgaste	nf.	war of attrition

guerra de guerrillas	nf.	guerrilla war

guerra de las dos rosas	nf.	Wars of the Roses

guerra de secesión	nf.	Civil War

guerra de sucesión	nf.	succession war

guerra de trincheras	nf.	trench warfare

guerra química y bacteriológica	nf.	chemical and biological warfare

guerra química y biológica	nf.	chemical and biological warfare

guerra química-bacteriológica	nf.	chemical and biological warfare

guerra química-biológica	nf.	chemical and biological warfare

guerra sin cuartel	nf.	all-out war

la guerra química y biológica	nm.	chemical and biological warfare

la Guerra de los Cien Años	nm.	Hundred Years' War

la 1ª Guerra Mundial	n.	14-18 war (f)

la guerra nos cogió en Francia	exp.	the war found {o} caught us in France

Japón declaró la guerra a China	exp.	Japan declared war on China

tener declarada la guerra a algo	exp.	to have declared war on sth	(MODISMOS)

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