- argue
- verb1) ((with with someone, about something) to quarrel with (a person) or discuss (something) with a person in a not very friendly way: I'm not going to argue; Will you children stop arguing with each other about whose toy that is!) discutir2) ((with for, against) to suggest reasons for or for not doing something: I argued for/against accepting the plan.) argüir, argumentar3) ((with into, out of) to persuade (a person) (not) to do something: I'll try to argue him into going; He argued her out of buying the dress.) persuadir de/a(positivo); disuadir de (negativo)4) (to discuss, giving one's reasoning: She argued the point very cleverly.) sostener•- arguable- argument
- argumentative
argue vb discutirEl gerundio de argue se escribe arguingarguetr['ɑːgjʊː]intransitive verb1 (quarrel) discutir (with, con)■ she's always arguing with her husband about politics siempre discute con su marido sobre política2 (reason) argüir, argumentar, sostener■ he argues that we should invest more sostiene que debemos invertir mástransitive verb1 (present) presentar, exponer\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto argue the toss discutir, seguir discutiendoargue ['ɑr.gju:] v, -gued ; -guing vi1) reason: argüir, argumentar, razonar2) dispute: discutir, pelear(se), alegarargue vt1) suggest: sugerir2) maintain: alegar, argüir, sostener3) discuss: discutir, debatirarguev.• altercar v.• argumentar v.• argüir v.• debatir v.• discutir v.• disputar v.• guerrear v.• hilar v.• litigar v.'ɑːrgjuː, 'ɑːgjuː
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intransitive verb1) (disagree, quarrel) discutir; (more heatedly) pelear(se), reñir* (esp Esp)to argue about/over something — discutir or pelear por algo
don't argue with me! — no me discutas!
$10,000 tax-free? you can't argue with that! — ¿10.000 dólares libres de impuestos? no es como para quejarse!
2) (reason)she argues convincingly — sabe expresar su punto de vista de manera muy convincente
to argue for/against something: she argued for his reinstatement abogó por que fuera restituido a su cargo; he argues against changing the law — da razones en contra de que se cambie la ley
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vta) (put forward) \<\<case\>\> exponer*, presentarb) (adduce) alegar*; (present as argument) argüir*, sostener*supporters of the bill argue that ... — los partidarios del proyecto arguyen or sostienen que ...
c) (debate) \<\<issue\>\> discutir, debatirPhrasal Verbs:['ɑːɡjuː]1. VI1) (=disagree) discutir; (=fight) pelearsehis parents were always arguing — sus padres estaban siempre discutiendo or peleándose
he started arguing with the referee — empezó a discutir con el árbitro
to argue (with sb) about or over sth — discutir or pelearse (con algn) por algo
they were arguing about what to do next — estaban discutiendo sobre qué hacer después
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she achieved it, you can't argue with that — lo logró, eso es indiscutible•
I didn't dare argue — no me atreví a llevar la contraria•
just get in and don't argue (with me)! — ¡entra y no (me) discutas!2) (=reason)he argues well — presenta sus argumentos de modo convincente, razona bien
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to argue against sth — dar razones en contra de algoto argue against doing sth — dar razones para que no se haga algo
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to argue for sth — abogar por algohe argued for the president's powers to be restricted — abogó en favor de que se limitaran los poderes del presidente
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he argues from a deeply religious conviction — sus argumentos parten de una profunda convicción religiosa3) (=indicate)•
his lack of experience argues against him — su falta de experiencia es un factor en su contra•
it argues well for him — es un elemento a su favor2. VT1) (=debate) discutirtoss 1., 3)I won't argue that point — no voy a discutir ese punto
2) (=persuade)he argued me into/out of going — me convenció de que fuera/no fuera
he argued his way out of getting the sack — consiguió que no lo despidieran con buenos razonamientos
3) (=maintain) sostenerto argue that — sostener que
he argued that it couldn't be done — sostenía que no se podía hacer
it could be argued that we are not doing enough — se podría decir que no estamos haciendo lo suficiente
4) (=cite, claim) (esp Jur) alegarthe defence argued diminished responsibility — la defensa alegó un atenuante de responsabilidad
5)to argue a case —
a) (Jur) presentar un pleito, exponer un pleitob) (fig)a well argued case — un argumento bien expuesto
to argue the case for sth — abogar en favor de algo
6) (=suggest) indicarit argues a certain lack of feeling — indica cierta falta de sentimientos
* * *['ɑːrgjuː, 'ɑːgjuː]
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intransitive verb1) (disagree, quarrel) discutir; (more heatedly) pelear(se), reñir* (esp Esp)to argue about/over something — discutir or pelear por algo
don't argue with me! — no me discutas!
$10,000 tax-free? you can't argue with that! — ¿10.000 dólares libres de impuestos? no es como para quejarse!
2) (reason)she argues convincingly — sabe expresar su punto de vista de manera muy convincente
to argue for/against something: she argued for his reinstatement abogó por que fuera restituido a su cargo; he argues against changing the law — da razones en contra de que se cambie la ley
2.
vta) (put forward) \<\<case\>\> exponer*, presentarb) (adduce) alegar*; (present as argument) argüir*, sostener*supporters of the bill argue that ... — los partidarios del proyecto arguyen or sostienen que ...
c) (debate) \<\<issue\>\> discutir, debatirPhrasal Verbs:
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
