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war

UK: /wɔːr/ US: /wɔːr/

Translation

n [c, u]
guerra
to declare war
declarar la guerra
First World War
la primera Guerra Mundial
n [no pl]
lucha
the war against crime
la lucha contra el crimen
at war
en guerra
Véase tb: cold war; prisoner of war; to be on a war footing
(Definition of war nn from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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