debate

debate
di'beit
1. noun
(a discussion or argument, especially a formal one in front of an audience: a Parliamentary debate.) debate

2. verb
1) (to hold a formal discussion (about): Parliament will debate the question tomorrow.) debatir
2) (to think about or talk about something before coming to a decision: We debated whether to go by bus or train.) considerar, dar vueltas a
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debate1 n debate
we had a debate about racism celebramos un debate sobre el racismo
debate2 vb debatir / discutir
we debated the question of racism debatimos la cuestión del racismo
El gerundio de debate se escribe debating
Del verbo debatir: (conjugate debatir) \ \
debate es: \ \
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo
2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries: debate     debatir
debate sustantivo masculino debate; (más informal) discussion
debatir (conjugate debatir) verbo transitivo to debate; (más informal) to discuss
debate sustantivo masculino debate
debatir verbo transitivo to debate 'debate' also found in these entries: Spanish: coloquio - debatir - discusión - fórum - fructífera - fructífero - intervenir - moderar - abrir - avivar - calentar - cerrar - conducir - dirigir - discutir - extender - moderador - participación - participante - prolongar - protagonizar English: argument - debate - enact - speak - academic - counter - discuss - discussion - dispute - enter - follow - fuel - lively - open - opponent - provoke - widen
debate
tr[dɪ'beɪt]
noun
1 (public meeting, in Parliament) debate nombre masculino; (discussion) debate nombre masculino, discusión nombre femenino
■ that's a matter for debate eso es un asunto discutible
■ the nuclear power debate el debate de la energía nuclear
transitive verb
1 (discuss) debatir, discutir
2 (consider, think over) considerar, dar vueltas a
intransitive verb
1 (discuss) discutir (about/on, sobre)
debate [di'beɪt] vt, -bated ; -bating : debatir, discutir
debate n
: debate m, discusión f
debate
n.
• debate s.m.
• discusión s.f.
• disputa s.f.
v.
• debatir v.
• deliberar v.
• discutir v.
• disputar v.

I dɪ'beɪt
noun
a) c (public, parliamentary) debate m
b) u (discussion) debate m, discusión f

II
transitive verb
a) \<\<question/topic/motion\>\> debatir, discutir
b) (weigh up) \<\<idea/possibility\>\> darle* vueltas a, considerar
[dɪ'beɪt]
1.
VT [+ topic, question, idea] debatir, discutir
2.
VI discutir, debatir

to debate with sb (about or on or upon sth) — discutir con algn (sobre algo)

to debate with o.s. (about or on or upon sth) — vacilar (sobre algo)

we debated whether to go or not — dudamos or nos planteamos si ir o no

3.
N debate m , discusión f

after much debate — después de mucho discutir

that is open to debate — ese es un tema discutido

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I [dɪ'beɪt]
noun
a) c (public, parliamentary) debate m
b) u (discussion) debate m, discusión f

II
transitive verb
a) \<\<question/topic/motion\>\> debatir, discutir
b) (weigh up) \<\<idea/possibility\>\> darle* vueltas a, considerar

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