altercation

altercado, discusión

Discusión en la que las personas se hablan con enfado.

En inglés sencillo: An angry argument between people.

• An altercation broke out outside.
• She had a heated altercation with her neighbour.
• Police questioned witnesses after the altercation over a parking space.

Cómo se usa: an altercation with someone (He had an altercation with another driver.); an altercation over something (An altercation over the bill delayed our departure.); an altercation between A and B (The guard interrupted an altercation between two customers.)

Sinónimos: argument, quarrel, dispute

Expresiones frecuentes: heated altercation, verbal altercation, altercation with someone