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Meanings of brawl in English

Portuguese
festa
Spanish
guateque

An uproarious party.

festa
Catalan
batalla campal
Spanish
riña

A noisy fight in a crowd.

batalla campal
Portuguese
porfiar
Catalan
discutir-se
Spanish
pelearse

To quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively.

porfiar

Fight.

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Examples for "fight"
Examples for "fight"
1
France, for example, has said it will continue to fight in Syria.
Reuters
2
That takes away the power to use good information to fight back.
Wired
3
The Government today defended its role in the fight against international terrorism.
The Irish Times
4
He said Britain was prepared to work with Libya to fight terrorism.
The Irish Times
5
Proudest moment: Seeing young men join our group to fight for equality.
The Guardian
Usage of brawl in English
1
Clearly the latter were the result of the brawl with Liza Cooper.
The Complete Jack the Ripper
2
However, the brawl may have aided Apple slightly in the long run.
The Guardian
3
The brawl lasted several minutes until the guards retreated outside the compound.
Radio NZ
4
The confirmation process became a political brawl that deepened the country's divisions.
Reuters
5
Europe was reduced to a gigantic street brawl from Madrid to Moscow.
Apocalypse of the Dead
6
Within in the space of a second, another brawl has broken out.
The Irish Times
7
A mass brawl followed and was only ended when riot police intervened.
The Guardian
8
The teenager knocked unconscious during the brawl was released from hospital today.
Radio NZ
9
The final days in Miiska would be a tavern brawl by comparison.
Thief of lives
10
Shocking moment two hospital workers have vicious MMA-style brawl in a cafe.
News.com.au
11
England and Scotland football fans were also involved in a late-night brawl.
News.com.au
12
Yet this petty brawl was in fact an irreparable and farreaching disaster.
Last and First Men
13
Mayers was detained following a brawl in downtown Stockholm on June 30.
Reuters
14
A press event to announce this fight descended into a wild brawl.
The Guardian
15
This picture captures the moment a brawl broke out in Ukraine's parliament.
The Guardian
16
Read more about the brawl with police in Melbourne at Herald Sun.
News.com.au
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Translations for brawl
Portuguese
festaporfiar
Brawl through the time
Brawl across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
South Africa
Common
Australia
Common
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