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Meanings of gripe in anglès

portuguès
queixa

Informal terms for objecting.

queixa
portuguès
reclamar
català
xisclar
espanyol
disputar

Complain.

xisclar

An expression of grievance, resentment or displeasure.

Usage of gripe in anglès
1
This is by no means a gripe with our roads to justice.
The South African
2
And there wasn't anybody who specifically had a gripe on those days.
A farewell to legs: an aaron tucker mystery
3
The eager tiger, by overleaping, fell into the gripe of the alligator.
Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match
4
The voters were boisterous but peaceful, with queue jumping the main gripe.
Reuters
5
Let me intreat to speak with her, before the prison gripe me.
A Yorkshire Tragedy
6
Nothing is too small for the gripe of the Provost Marshal's myrmidons.
Border and Bastille
7
It refused to uphold her gripe against the Daily Mail and OK!
The Irish Times
8
All of that is reason to gripe about the show on Twitter.
Wired
9
He struggled furiously, but could not force my gripe from his throat.
Wilfrid Cumbermede
10
My gripe about the play is that its horizons are inevitably limited.
The Guardian
11
He'd be about the only selection you could have a gripe with.
The Guardian
12
But Gaspard's last gullet-gripe had robbed me of the power to speak.
The Helmet of Navarre
13
It's hard to admit an exception to a pet gripe against things.
The Night of the Long Knives
14
When I gripe about his humming, my husband laughs, apparently genuinely amused.
The Guardian
15
The U.S., Europe and Japan have a legitimate gripe with Beijing.
Reuters
16
Her particular gripe is the level of student apathy, the lack of participation.
Ebony
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Gripe across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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