gresca

f.

1 row.

se armó una gresca there was a fuss o row

2 quarrel, dispute, fight, altercation.

3 uproar, fracas, noise, shouting.

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gresca

► nombre femenino

1 (bulla) racket

2 (riña) row

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FRASEOLOGÍA

armar gresca to kick up a racket

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SF (=bulla) uproar, hubbub; (=trifulca) row, shindy *

andar a la gresca — to row, brawl

armar una gresca — to start a fight

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femenino (fam) (jaleo) rumpus (colloq); (riña) fight

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= donnybrook, brawl, ruckus, fracas.

Ex. Feaver mentioned that she and Claverhouse frequently engage in some real 'donnybrooks,' as she put it, which invariably include a lot of amicable bantering, whenever they discuss anything.

Ex. About 75% of all personal acts of violence (murder, assault and battery), 90% of vandalism, 75% of public brawls, & more than 50% of burglaries & thefts are alcohol-related.

Ex. Sometime back a heroine created a ruckus by saying that the actor acted fresh with her by biting her lips in a smooching scene.

Ex. There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.

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femenino (fam) (jaleo) rumpus (colloq); (riña) fight

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= donnybrook, brawl, ruckus, fracas.

Ex: Feaver mentioned that she and Claverhouse frequently engage in some real 'donnybrooks,' as she put it, which invariably include a lot of amicable bantering, whenever they discuss anything.

Ex: About 75% of all personal acts of violence (murder, assault and battery), 90% of vandalism, 75% of public brawls, & more than 50% of burglaries & thefts are alcohol-related.

Ex: Sometime back a heroine created a ruckus by saying that the actor acted fresh with her by biting her lips in a smooching scene.

Ex: There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.

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gresca

feminine

(fam)

(jaleo) rumpus (colloq), ruckus (AmE colloq); (riña) fight

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gresca sustantivo femenino (fam) (jaleo) rumpus (colloq);
(riña) fight
gresca sustantivo femenino
1 (riña, pelea) row
2 (alboroto) racket
'gresca' also found in these entries:
English:
free

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gresca nf

1. [alboroto] row;

se armó una gresca there was a fuss o row

2. [pelea] fight;

resultó herido en una gresca he was injured in a fight

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gresca

f

1 (pelea) fight;

armar gresca start a fight

2 (escándalo) din, uproar