luchar

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan luchar, from Latin luctārī. Compare French lutter.

Pronunciation

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Verb

luchar

1. to combat; to battle

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		luchar			aver luchat
gerund		luchant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		luchat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	luchi	luchas	lucha	lucham	luchatz	luchan
	imperfect	luchavi	luchavas	luchava	luchàvem	luchàvetz	luchavan
	preterite	luchèri	luchères	luchèt	luchèrem	luchèretz	luchèron
	future	lucharai	lucharàs	lucharà	lucharem	lucharetz	lucharàn
	conditional	luchariái	luchariás	luchariá	luchariam	luchariatz	lucharián
	conditional 2nd form1	luchèra	luchèras	luchèra	lucheram	lucheratz	luchèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	luche	luches	luche	luchem	luchetz	luchen
	imperfect	luchèssi	luchèsses	luchèsse	luchèssem	luchèssetz	luchèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			lucha		luchem	luchatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		luchar			aver luchat
gerund		luchant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		luchat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	luche	luches	lucha	lucham	luchatz	luchon
	imperfect	luchave	luchaves	luchava	luchaviam	luchaviatz	luchavon
	preterite	luchere	lucheres	luchet	luchem	luchetz	lucheron
	future	lucharai	lucharàs	luchará	lucharem	lucharetz	lucharán
	conditional	luchariá	luchariás	luchariá	luchariam	luchariatz	lucharián
	conditional 2nd form1	luchèra	luchèras	luchèra	lucheram	lucheratz	luchèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	luche	luches	luche	luchassiam	luchassiatz	luchon
	imperfect	luchesse	luchesses	luchesse	luchessiam	luchessiatz	luchesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			lucha		luchassiam	luchatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		luchar			aver luchat
gerund		luchant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		luchat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	luchi	luchas	lucha	lucham	luchatz	luchan
	imperfect	luchavi	luchavas	luchava	luchàvam	luchàvatz	luchavan
	preterite	luchèi	luchès	luchè	luchèm	luchètz	luchèn
	future	lucharèi	lucharàs	lucharà	lucharam	lucharatz	lucharàn
	conditional	lucharí	lucharés	lucharé	lucharem	lucharetz	lucharén
	conditional 2nd form1	luchèra	luchèras	luchèra	lucheram	lucheratz	luchèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	luchi	luches	luche	luchem	luchetz	luchen
	imperfect	luchèssi	luchèsses	luchèsse	luchèssem	luchèssetz	luchèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			lucha		luchem	luchatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		luchar			aver luchat
gerund		luchant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		luchat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	luche	luchas	lucha	lucham	luchatz	luchan
	imperfect	luchava	luchavas	luchava	luchàvam	luchàvatz	luchavan
	preterite	luchei	lucheras	luchet	luchèram	luchèratz	lucheran
	future	lucharai	lucharàs	luchará	lucharem	lucharetz	lucharán
	conditional	luchariá	luchariàs	luchariá	luchariam	luchariatz	lucharián
	conditional 2nd form1	luchèra	luchèras	luchèra	lucheram	lucheratz	luchèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	luche	luches	luche	luchem	luchetz	luchen
	imperfect	luchèsse	luchèsses	luchèsse	luchèssem	luchèssetz	luchèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			lucha		luchem	luchatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		luchar			aver luchat
gerund		luchant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		luchat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	luche	luches	lucha	lucham	luchatz	luchan
	imperfect	luchavi	luchavas	luchava	luchàvem	luchàvetz	luchavan
	preterite	luchère	luchères	luchèt	lucheriam	lucheriatz	luchèron
	future	lucharai	lucharàs	lucharà	lucharem	lucharetz	lucharàn
	conditional	luchariáu	luchariás	luchariá	luchariam	luchariatz	lucharián
	conditional 2nd form1	luchèra	luchèras	luchèra	lucheram	lucheratz	luchèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	luche	luches	luche	luchem	luchetz	luchan
	imperfect	luchèsse	luchèsses	luchèsse	luchessiam	luchessiatz	luchèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			lucha		luchem	luchatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin luctārī. Compare Portuguese lutar, French lutter

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [luˈt͡ʃaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: lu‧char

Verb

luchar (first-person singular present lucho, first-person singular preterite luché, past participle luchado)

1. to fight, to battle, to do battle

   Synonyms: pelear, lidiar

   luchar por sobrevivir ― to fight to survive

2. to struggle, to strive, to contend, to grapple
3. (sports) to wrestle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of luchar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			luchar
gerund			luchando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		luchado		luchada
		plural		luchados		luchadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lucho	luchastú luchásvos	lucha	luchamos	lucháis	luchan
	imperfect	luchaba	luchabas	luchaba	luchábamos	luchabais	luchaban
	preterite	luché	luchaste	luchó	luchamos	luchasteis	lucharon
	future	lucharé	lucharás	luchará	lucharemos	lucharéis	lucharán
	conditional	lucharía	lucharías	lucharía	lucharíamos	lucharíais	lucharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	luche	luchestú luchésvos2	luche	luchemos	luchéis	luchen
	imperfect (ra)	luchara	lucharas	luchara	lucháramos	lucharais	lucharan
	imperfect (se)	luchase	luchases	luchase	luchásemos	luchaseis	luchasen
	future1	luchare	luchares	luchare	lucháremos	luchareis	lucharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		luchatú luchávos	luche	luchemos	luchad	luchen
	negative		no luches	no luche	no luchemos	no luchéis	no luchen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of luchar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive luchar
	dative	lucharme	lucharte	lucharle, lucharse	lucharnos	lucharos	lucharles, lucharse
	accusative	lucharme	lucharte	lucharlo, lucharla, lucharse	lucharnos	lucharos	lucharlos, lucharlas, lucharse
with gerund luchando
	dative	luchándome	luchándote	luchándole, luchándose	luchándonos	luchándoos	luchándoles, luchándose
	accusative	luchándome	luchándote	luchándolo, luchándola, luchándose	luchándonos	luchándoos	luchándolos, luchándolas, luchándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative lucha
	dative	lúchame	lúchate	lúchale	lúchanos	not used	lúchales
	accusative	lúchame	lúchate	lúchalo, lúchala	lúchanos	not used	lúchalos, lúchalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative luchá
	dative	luchame	luchate	luchale	luchanos	not used	luchales
	accusative	luchame	luchate	luchalo, luchala	luchanos	not used	luchalos, luchalas
with formal second-person singular imperative luche
	dative	lúcheme	not used	lúchele, lúchese	lúchenos	not used	lúcheles
	accusative	lúcheme	not used	lúchelo, lúchela, lúchese	lúchenos	not used	lúchelos, lúchelas
with first-person plural imperative luchemos
	dative	not used	luchémoste	luchémosle	luchémonos	luchémoos	luchémosles
	accusative	not used	luchémoste	luchémoslo, luchémosla	luchémonos	luchémoos	luchémoslos, luchémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative luchad
	dative	luchadme	not used	luchadle	luchadnos	luchaos	luchadles
	accusative	luchadme	not used	luchadlo, luchadla	luchadnos	luchaos	luchadlos, luchadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative luchen
	dative	lúchenme	not used	lúchenle	lúchennos	not used	lúchenles, lúchense
	accusative	lúchenme	not used	lúchenlo, lúchenla	lúchennos	not used	lúchenlos, lúchenlas, lúchense

Derived terms

• luchar con la muerte

 

Related terms

• lucha
• lucha libre
• luchador

 

Further reading

• “luchar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28