lidiar

/liˈdjaɾ/, [liˈð̞jaɾ]

deal, fight


Verb lidiar (first-person singular present lidio, first-person singular preterite lidié, past participle lidiado)

  1. (intransitive) to fight, battle
  2. (transitive, bullfighting) to bullfight until the animal dies
  3. (intransitive) to oppose someone
  4. (intransitive) to attempt to negotiate with an annoying person
  5. (intransitive, rare) to argue, litigate
  6. to cope, deal with, handle

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Tom no tiene ni idea de cómo lidiar con este problema.

    Tom has no idea how to deal with this problem.

  • Él va a lidiar con problemas difíciles.

    He'll cope with difficult problems.

  • Tom está teniendo problemas para lidiar con el hecho de que su hijo cometiera suicidio.

    Tom is having trouble coping with the fact that his son committed suicide.

  • Él tiene que lidiar con los reclamos.

    He has to deal with complaints.

  • Las computadoras te ahorran mucho tiempo y energía cuando tienes que lidiar con figuras y gráficos.

    Computers will save you much time and energy when you deal with figures and graphs.

  • Pienso que seré capaz de lidiar con eso.

    I think I'll be able to deal with that.

  • Me pregunté cómo podía lidiar con esto.

    I wondered how I would cope with this.

  • Tenemos que lidiar con el mismo problema año tras año.

    We have to deal with the same old problem year after year.


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