English-Spanish translations for dispute

• disputa
  No tenemos el derecho a pronunciarnos a favor o en contra en esta disputa. We do not have the right to take sides in this dispute.
  Son continuas las disputas acerca de los derechos de pesca del salmón. There have been continual disputes over salmon fishing rights.
  Ahora no es el momento para una disputa interinstitucional. It is not the time for an interinstitutional dispute.
• contencioso
  Como consecuencia, asistiremos a múltiples contenciosos jurídicos largos y complejos. There would therefore be countless long and complex legal disputes.
  Al contrario ha de adoptar textos nítidos para limitar los contenciosos. On the contrary, we must adopt crystal-clear texts in order to limit legal disputes.
  Esta relación desequilibrada sólo contribuye a multiplicar los contenciosos. This unbalanced relationship can only multiply disputes.
• controversia
  No quieren entrar en controversias formales. They do not want to get into formal disputes.
  Conque no hay motivo para controversia política alguna. So there is no question of any political dispute.
  No existen controversias sobre valores o sobre objetivos. There is no dispute over values or objectives.
• discusión
  Sin embargo, la necesidad de acción es clara y no está en discusión. However, the need for action is clear and not in dispute.
  En Berlín tuvo lugar una prolongada discusión sobre las contribuciones a los recursos propios. In Berlin there was a lengthy dispute regarding contributions.
  Quienes lo llaman política cultural se refieren al debate o a la discusión que podamos tener. Those who call it cultural policy are referring to the debate or dispute that we could have.
• pelea
• polémica
  En esa época, las grasas y los aceites estaban en el centro de la polémica. At that time, fats and oils were at the centre of the dispute.
  No me corresponde inmiscuirme aquí y ahora en lo que es una polémica a nivel nacional. It is not my place to get involved here and now in this domestic dispute.
  Acaba usted de tomar postura en la polémica. You have just taken a stand on the subject of disputes.
• querella
  No se trata de ninguna querella entre instituciones. It is not about any dispute between the institutions.
  Pocas experiencias son más traumáticas para los niños que el darse cuenta de que son objeto de querellas entre sus progenitores. There are few more traumatic experiences for children than to be the subject of disputes between parents.
  En las querellas entre los aeropuertos y las compañías aéreas, el juez tendrá que pronunciarse en cada caso, lo cual supondrá una falta de coherencia y la ausencia de una línea de conducta clara. Judges in any disputes which might arise between the airports and the airlines will have to rule on a case-by-case basis, resulting in a lack of any clear, consistent line.
• riña‎

Definition of dispute

• An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree
• to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another
• to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
• to strive or contend about; to contest
• to struggle against; to resist

Examples

• Some residents disputed the proposal, saying it was based more on emotion than fact
• to dispute assertions or arguments

Related words

• undisputed
• disputed
• undisputedly
• disputed point
• alternative dispute resolution
• industrial dispute
• labor dispute
• labour dispute
• civil dispute