🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

pugnacidad

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pugnacidad

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
pugnacity/pʌɡˈnæsɪti/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El abogado mostró una gran pugnacidad en el tribunal."

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As noun
  1. 1

    Inclined to quarrel or fight readily; combative nature.

    "His unusual pugnacity during the negotiation surprised everyone in the room."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

From Late Latin pugnacitas, from Latin pugnax (combative, quarrelsome), from pugnare (to fight), ultimately from pugnus (fist).

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