altercation

[US]/ɒltə'keɪʃ(ə)n/
[UK]/ˌɔltɚ'keʃən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. نزاع، جدال، نزاع لفظي
Word Forms

Example Sentences

I had an altercation with the ticket collector.

حدث شجار مع جامع التذاكر.

The boys had an altercation over the umpire's decision.

نشأ شجار بين الأولاد بسبب قرار الحكم.

Throughout the entire altercation, not one sensible word was uttered.

خلال الشجار بأكمله، لم يُنطق بكلمة حكيمة واحدة.

get into an altercation

الدخول في شجار

an altercation broke out

اندلع شجار

altercation with a stranger

شجار مع شخص غريب

Real-world Examples

There was an altercation in here.

كانت هناك مشاجرة هنا.

Source: English little tyrant

Military officials said there was a verbal altercation before the shootings Wednesday.

قال المسؤولون العسكريون إن هناك مشاجرة لفظية قبل إطلاق النار يوم الأربعاء.

Source: NPR News April 2014 Collection

Several students have described an altercation involving the shooter and possibly another student.

وصف العديد من الطلاب مشاجرة بطلقتها المتورط فيها الرامي وربما طالب آخر.

Source: NPR News January 2013 Compilation

This isn't the first violent altercation you've had in a bar, is it?

هذه ليست المرة الأولى التي تحدث فيها مشاجرة عنيفة في حانة، أليس كذلك؟

Source: Out of Control Season 3

Due to a physical altercation with the same patient.

بسبب مشاجرة جسدية مع نفس المريض.

Source: English little tyrant

And do you think that this PTSD contributed to your altercation with Jace Stone?

وهل تعتقد أن هذا الصدمة ما بعد الصدمة ساهمت في مشاجرتك مع جيس ستون؟

Source: Out of Control Season 3

I actually lived next door to the Wilsons and overheard the altercation that took place after the incident had occurred.

لقد عشت فعليًا بجوار منزل ويلسون وسمعت المشاجرة التي اندلعت بعد وقوع الحادث.

Source: Listening Digest

That violence is likely going to be police or another protester or some kind of an altercation.

من المحتمل أن يكون هذا العنف من الشرطة أو متظاهرًا آخر أو نوعًا ما من المشاجرة.

Source: NPR News September 2021 Compilation

He kissed me, and said: " We'll have no more altercations between us, will we" ?

قبلني وقال: "لن يكون هناك المزيد من المشاجرات بيننا، أليس كذلك؟"

Source: Education of Love

Maybe smaller machines would be " humanoid" by its existence but they'd be " Mononofoolish" to engineer an altercation.

ربما تكون الآلات الأصغر "شبيهة بالإنسان" بوجودها، لكن سيكون من الغباء تصميم مشاجرة.

Source: CNN 10 Student English Compilation September 2019

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