English-Spanish translations for Pyrrhic victory

• victoria pírrica
  Nos tememos una victoria pírrica en este conflicto. We fear a Pyrrhic victory in this dispute.
  Empeñarse en impulsar este tipo de mercado sería una victoria pírrica. To persist in wanting this kind of market would be a Pyrrhic victory.
  Todo esto supone quizás una victoria pírrica pero ya lo veremos más tarde. This might well be a Pyrrhic victory, but we shall have to wait and see.

Definition of Pyrrhic victory

• A very costly victory, wherein the considerable losses outweigh the gain, so as to render the struggle not worth the cost

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