argue

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.ɡjuː/
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• General-American: /ˈɑɹ.ɡju/
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• rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)ɡju
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• CMU ARPABET: AA1 R G Y UW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2erǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h2érǵus Proto-Italic *argus Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Italic *-ō Proto-Italic *arguō Latin arguōder. Old French arguerbor. Middle English arguen English argue From Middle English arguen, from Old French arguer, from Latin arguere (“to declare, show, prove, make clear, reprove, accuse”), q.v. for more. Displaced native Old English flītan and reċċan.

170 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: osoittaa — to show grounds for concluding, indicate, imply
• Irish: áitigh — to show grounds for concluding, indicate, imply
• Spanish: argüir — to show grounds for concluding, indicate, imply
• Spanish: argumentar — to show grounds for concluding, indicate, imply
• Arabic: جَادَلَ (jādala) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Arabic: حَاجَّ (ḥājja) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Arabic: نَاقَشَ (nāqaša) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Armenian: վիճել (vičel) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Armenian: պնդել (pndel) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Armenian: վիճաբանել (vičabanel) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Belarusian: спрача́цца (spračácca) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Bulgarian: спо́ря (spórja) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Chinese Mandarin: 辯論 /辩论 (biànlùn) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Chinese Mandarin: 爭辯 /争辩 (zhēngbiàn) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Czech: debatovat — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Czech: diskutovat — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Danish: argumentere — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Dutch: redetwisten — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Finnish: väitellä — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Finnish: vaatia — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Finnish: väittää — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Finnish: kiistellä — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Finnish: riidellä — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Finnish: väittää vastaan — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• French: affirmer — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• French: débattre — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Georgian: კამათი (ḳamati) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Georgian: განხილვა (ganxilva) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• German: diskutieren — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• German: erörtern — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Gullah: aa’gyfy — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Hebrew: התווכח \ הִתְוַכֵּחַ (hitvakéakh) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• White Hmong: sib cav — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Hungarian: érvel — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Hungarian: vitatkozik — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Indonesian: membantahkan — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Indonesian: memperdebatkan — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Ingrian: riijellä — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Italian: discutere — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Italian: dibattere — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Italian: contestare — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Japanese: 議論する (giron suru) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Japanese: 論ずる (ronzuru) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Korean: 논하다 (nonhada) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Korean: 의논하다 (uinonhada) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Malayalam: വാദിക്കുക (vādikkuka) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Mongolian: маргах (margax) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Norwegian Bokmål: argumentere — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Old English: flītan — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Portuguese: discutir — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Portuguese: argumentar — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Portuguese: debater — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Portuguese: arguir — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Quechua: maqanakuy — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Romanian: discuta — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Russian: спо́рить (spóritʹ) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Russian: обсужда́ть (obsuždátʹ) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Scottish Gaelic: connsaich — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Serbo-Croatian: спорити — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Serbo-Croatian: sporiti — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Spanish: argumentar — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Spanish: argüir — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Swedish: argumentera — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Swedish: hävda — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Thai: เถียง (tǐiang) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Thai: ถก (tòk) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Turkish: münakaşa etmek — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Turkish: tartışmak — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Ukrainian: спереча́тися (sperečátysja) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Ukrainian: спо́рити (spóryty) — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Vietnamese: tranh luận — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Welsh: dadlau — to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
• Arabic: تْدابْزو (tdæbzu) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Armenian: վիճել (vičel) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Aromanian: mi ntsertu — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Azerbaijani: sözə gəlmək — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Azerbaijani: mübahisə etmək — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Belarusian: спрача́цца (spračácca) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Belarusian: паспрача́цца (paspračácca) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Bengali: তর্ক (torko) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Bulgarian: спо́ря (spórja) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Burmese: ရန်ဖြစ် (ranhprac) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Catalan: discutir — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Cherokee: ᎠᏘᏲᎯᎭ (atiyohiha) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Chinese Cantonese: 拗 (ngaau3) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Chinese Cantonese: 拗撬 (aau3 giu6) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Chinese Cantonese: 丫撬 (aa1 giu4) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Chinese Mandarin: 吵架 (chǎojià) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Wu Chinese: 吵相罵 /吵相骂 (5tshau-shian-mo) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Ngazidja Comorian: ushinɗana — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Ngazidja Comorian: umana — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Czech: hádat se — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Finnish: väitellä — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Finnish: riidellä — to have an argument, a quarrel
• French: se disputer — to have an argument, a quarrel
• French: se quereller — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Georgian: კამათობს (ḳamatobs) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Georgian: კამათი (ḳamati) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• German: streiten — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Gothic: 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 (jiukan) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (sakan) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Ancient Greek: νεικέω (neikéō) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Hebrew: טען (ta'án) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Hungarian: vitázik — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Hungarian: vitatkozik — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Ingrian: riijellä — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Italian: litigare — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Italian: discutere — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Japanese: 議論する (giron suru) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Kabuverdianu: briga — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Kabuverdianu: brigá — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Kabuverdianu: diskuti — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Kabuverdianu: diskutí — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Kabuverdianu: karkuti — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Khmer: ឈ្លោះ (chlŭəh) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Latin: iurgō — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Marathi: भांडणे (bhāṇḍṇe) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Marshallese: akwāāl — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Old English: flītan — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Persian: دعوا کردن (da'vâ kardan) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Polish: sprzeczać się — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Polish: posprzeczać się — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Portuguese: discutir — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Portuguese: brigar — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Romanian: pleda — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Romanian: certa — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Romanian: a aduce argumente — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Russian: спо́рить (spóritʹ) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Russian: ссо́риться (ssóritʹsja) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Sardinian: allegare — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Sardinian: brigare — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Sardinian: pretare — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Scottish Gaelic: connsaich — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Slovene: prepirati se — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Spanish: discutir — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Spanish: porfiar — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Spanish: reñir — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Spanish: polemizar — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Spanish: argüir — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Spanish: argumentar — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Swedish: gräla — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Tashelhit: ⵏⵏⴰⵖ (nnaɣ) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Thai: ทะเลาะ (tá-lɔ́) — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Turkish: kavga etmek — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Turkish: tartışmak — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Venetan: begar — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Vietnamese: cãi — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Walloon: si margayî — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Walloon: si dispetroner — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Walloon: si disburtiner — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Walloon: si dispiter — to have an argument, a quarrel
• Catalan: argumentar — to present a viewpoint
• Catalan: argüir — to present a viewpoint
• Czech: argumentovat — to present a viewpoint
• Czech: prokazovat — to present a viewpoint
• Dutch: betogen — to present a viewpoint
• Finnish: väittää — to present a viewpoint
• Finnish: esittää — to present a viewpoint
• Finnish: argumentoida — to present a viewpoint
• German: argumentieren — to present a viewpoint
• Hungarian: kifejt — to present a viewpoint
• Italian: argomentare — to present a viewpoint
• Italian: sostenere — to present a viewpoint
• Old English: reċċan — to present a viewpoint
• Polish: argumentować — to present a viewpoint
• Portuguese: argumentar — to present a viewpoint
• Russian: аргументи́ровать (argumentírovatʹ) — to present a viewpoint
• Spanish: argumentar — to present a viewpoint
• Spanish: argüir — to present a viewpoint
• Ukrainian: аргументува́ти (arhumentuváty) — to present a viewpoint