Translation of struggle – English–French dictionary

struggle

   /ˈstrʌɡəl/
to try hard to do sth difficult
lutter , se battre
He struggled to overcome his learning difficulties. Il se battait pour surmonter ses difficultés d’apprentissage.
Fish are struggling for survival in the lake. Les poissons luttent pour leur survie dans le lac.
struggle against
to try hard to end or prevent sth
combattre
to struggle against racism combattre le racisme
to move when this is difficult
se dégager
She struggled out from under the bed where she had hidden. Elle se dégagea de dessous le lit où elle s’était cachée.
to fight with sb
se battre
The two men struggled, trying to grab the gun. Les deux hommes se battaient, essayant d’agripper l’arme.
to argue with sb
se disputer
rival political groups struggling for power des groupes politiques rivaux se disputant le pouvoir

struggle

   /ˈstrʌɡəl/
lutte [ feminine ] , combat [ masculine ] , bagarre [ feminine ]
the family’s struggle to succeed le combat de cette famille pour réussir
his struggle for recognition son combat pour être reconnu
a power struggle within the government une lutte de pouvoir au sein du gouvernement
The man was killed in a struggle outside the club. Cet homme a été tué au cours d’une bagarre à l’extérieur du pub.

(Translation of struggle from the GLOBAL English-French Dictionary © 2016 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Translation of struggle | PASSWORD English-French Dictionary

struggle

 
verb
  /ˈstraɡl/
to twist violently when trying to free oneself
se débattre
The child struggled in his arms.
to make great efforts or try hard
se battre , lutter (contre)
All his life he has been struggling with illness / against injustice.
avancer péniblement
He struggled out of the hole.

struggle

 
noun
 
an act of struggling, or a fight
lutte (pour)
The struggle for independence was long and hard.

(Translation of struggle from the PASSWORD English-French Dictionary © 2014 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of struggle

struggle
Politicians, bureaucrats, families, ex-servicemen, clerics, artists, builders, and contributors struggled to control the commemorative space.
They could not count on the same degree of popular support following any decision to start an armed struggle for power.
It reflected, moreover, political striving within the psychoanalytic movement and between it and its opponents and enemies in the struggle for recognition.
An ideology was needed to explain why it was that some people were not caught up in the neutralist struggle to avoid civil war altogether.
History is still ultimately a question of class struggle, and the developments of the nineteenth century are dominated by the machinations of bourgeois capital.
In this institutional struggle, some groups will end up supporting their second preference in order to avoid an even worse outcome.
They struggled with the definitions, especially for ' indirect ' age discrimination, but three-quarters believed that it existed in their services, while a quarter were doubtful.
If there was really so little to decide, what were the local struggles all about?
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
B2,B2,C2,B2,B2

Translations of struggle

in Chinese (Traditional)
努力, 奮鬥,努力,拼搏, 有失敗的危險,苦苦掙扎…
in Chinese (Simplified)
努力, 奋斗,努力,拼搏, 有失败的危险,苦苦挣扎…
in Spanish
pelear, forcejear, luchar…
in Portuguese
lutar, debater-se, luta…
in more languages
in Marathi
in Japanese
in Turkish
in Catalan
in Dutch
in Tamil
in Hindi
in Gujarati
in Danish
in Swedish
in Malay
in German
in Norwegian
in Urdu
in Ukrainian
in Russian
in Telugu
in Arabic
in Bengali
in Czech
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Korean
in Italian
झगडणे, आटोकाट प्रयत्न करणे, झटापट होणे…
苦労する, 苦心する, 奮闘する…
çaba sarfetmek, uğraşmak, mücadele etmek…
lluitar, maldar, forcejar…
spartelen, worstelen, worsteling…
சிரமம் அனுபவிக்க மற்றும் ஏதாவது செய்யும் பொருட்டு ஒரு மிக பெரிய முயற்சி செய்ய, தோல்வி அடையவோ அல்லது தோற்கடிக்கப்படும் அபாயத்தில் இருக்க வேண்டும், போராட…
संघर्ष करना, जूझना, नाकाम होने या हारने के खतरे में होना…
સંઘર્ષ, નિષ્ફળ થવા અથવા ગુમાવવાના ભયમાં રહો, લડવું…
vride sig, stritte imod, kæmpe…
streta, sprattla, kämpa…
bergelut, berjuang, berusaha keras…
zappeln, kämpfen, sich quälen…
slite, streve, kjempe…
جد و جہد کرنا, سخت محنت کرنا, مشکل حالات سے لڑنا…
битися, відбиватися, боротися…
стараться изо всех сил, сопротивляться, отбиваться…
కష్టపడటం, విఫలితము లేదా ఓడిపోయే ప్రమాదంలో ఉండటం, కొట్లాడటం ప్రత్యేకంగా మీ చేతులతో…
يُناضِل, يُكافِح, نِضال…
আপ্রাণ চেষ্টা করা, কঠিন অবস্থা থেকে মুক্তি পাওয়ার জোরদার প্রয়াস চালানো, ধ্বস্তাধ্বস্তি করা…
zmítat se, zápasit, prodírat se…
memberontak, berjuang, berusaha keras…
ต่อสู้, ดิ้นรน, กระเสือกกระสน…
vẫy vùng, vật lộn, gắng sức…
starać się, zmagać się, szamotać się…
고분군투하다, 몸부림치다, 투쟁…
lottare, fare sforzi, fare fatica…
Need a translator?

Get a quick, free translation!

Word of the Day

comfort zone

UK
/ˈkʌm.fət ˌzəʊn/
US
/ˈkʌm.fɚt ˌzoʊn/

a situation in which you feel comfortable and in which your ability and determination are not being tested

About this

New Words

More new words
Follow us
Choose a dictionary
  • Recent and Recommended
  • Definitions
    Clear explanations of natural written and spoken English
    English Learner’s Dictionary Essential British English Essential American English
  • Grammar and thesaurus
    Usage explanations of natural written and spoken English
    Grammar Thesaurus
  • Pronunciation
    British and American pronunciations with audio
    English Pronunciation
  • Translation
    Click on the arrows to change the translation direction.
    Bilingual Dictionaries
    • English–Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Simplified)–English
    • English–Chinese (Traditional) Chinese (Traditional)–English
    • English–Danish Danish–English
    • English–Dutch Dutch–English
    • English–French French–English
    • English–German German–English
    • English–Indonesian Indonesian–English
    • English–Italian Italian–English
    • English–Japanese Japanese–English
    • English–Norwegian Norwegian–English
    • English–Polish Polish–English
    • English–Portuguese Portuguese–English
    • English–Spanish Spanish–English
    • English–Swedish Swedish–English
    Semi-bilingual Dictionaries
    English–Arabic English–Bengali English–Catalan English–Czech English–Gujarati English–Hindi English–Korean English–Malay English–Marathi English–Russian English–Tamil English–Telugu English–Thai English–Turkish English–Ukrainian English–Urdu English–Vietnamese
  • Dictionary +Plus
    Word Lists
Contents
My word lists

To add struggle to a word list please sign up or log in.

Sign up or Log in
My word lists

Add struggle to one of your lists below, or create a new one.

More
Go to your word lists
Tell us about this example sentence: