scuffle

[US]/'skʌf(ə)l/
[UK]/'skʌfl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. una lucha áspera o confusa; un forcejeo
vi. participar en una lucha áspera o confusa; forcejear
Word Forms
Pasadoscuffled
Gerundioscuffling
Tercera persona singularscuffles
Pluralscuffles
Participio pasadoscuffled

Phrases & Collocations

a brief scuffle

una breve pelea

Example Sentences

scuffle with an assailant

encuentro con un agresor

scuffle along in life

apenas se mueve en la vida.

he heard the scuffle of feet.

escuchó el forcejeo de pies.

there were minor scuffles with police.

hubo pequeños altercados con la policía

a drenched woman scuffled through the doorway.

una mujer empapada se abrió paso a empujones por la puerta.

He got into a scuffle with safety Donnie Nickey at Titans training camp Thursday.

Tuvo un encontronazo con el jugador de seguridad Donnie Nickey en el campamento de entrenamiento de los Titans el jueves.

Real-world Examples

But there were some scuffles with police who fired tear gas.

Pero hubo algunos altercados con la policía que disparó gases lacrimógenos.

Source: NPR News March 2019 Compilation

There have been some scuffles with reports of teargas being fired by the police.

Ha habido algunos altercados con informes de que la policía disparaba gases lacrimógenos.

Source: BBC Listening February 2014 Collection

I expected to hear a scuffle in the hall or at least a smothered shriek.

Esperaba escuchar un forcejeo en el pasillo o al menos un chillido ahogado.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

There may have been some kind of scuffle.

Puede que haya habido algún tipo de forcejeo.

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

Videos on social media shows supermarket customers scuffling over packets of sugar.

Videos en las redes sociales muestran a los clientes de un supermercado forcejeando por paquetes de azúcar.

Source: BBC Listening Collection October 2022

Scuffles went on for many hours with police keeping the students apart.

Los altercados continuaron durante muchas horas mientras la policía mantenía a los estudiantes separados.

Source: BBC Listening Collection October 2014

Israeli protesters blocked Tel Aviv's main highway and scuffled with police.

Manifestantes israelíes bloquearon la autopista principal de Tel Aviv y forcejearon con la policía.

Source: AP Listening July 2023 Collection

They wielded chairs and microphones during the prolonged scuffles in the parliamentary chamber.

Empuñaron sillas y micrófonos durante los prolongados altercados en la cámara parlamentaria.

Source: BBC Listening Collection October 2017

How about some entertainment on board this unusual vessel to offset the scuffling buffalo?

¿Qué tal algo de entretenimiento a bordo de este inusual buque para compensar los búfalos forcejeando?

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

In the scuffle, your son struck Sir George and cut him over the eye.

En el forcejeo, su hijo golpeó a Sir George y lo cortó sobre el ojo.

Source: The Case of the Green Jade Crown in Sherlock Holmes' Investigations

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