🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

combate

Pronunciation / Transliteration: komˈbate

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Combat/ˈkɒm.bæt/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El combate fue feroz entre los dos ejércitos."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A fight or struggle between individuals or groups, often in a military context.

    "The two armies engaged in fierce combat on the battlefield."
As verb
  1. 1

    To fight against or oppose.

    "The soldiers were trained to combat enemy forces."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'combat' originates from the Latin 'combattere', meaning 'to fight together', which evolved through Old French before entering Middle English. Its meaning has shifted from a general sense of fighting to more specific contexts involving organized conflict.

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