guerrilla

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• UK: /ɡəˈɹɪlə/
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• US: /ɡəˈɹijə/
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• homophone: gorilla
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Borrowed from Spanish guerrilla, diminutive of guerra (“war”), coined during the Peninsular War.

169 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: partizan — irregular soldier
• Albanian: partizane — irregular soldier
• Arabic: فِدائِيّ (fidāʔiyy) — irregular soldier
• Arabic: فِدائِيَّة (fidāʔiyya) — irregular soldier
• Armenian: պարտիզան (partizan) — irregular soldier
• Azerbaijani: partizan — irregular soldier
• Belarusian: партыза́н (partyzán) — irregular soldier
• Belarusian: партыза́нка (partyzánka) — irregular soldier
• Bulgarian: партиза́нин (partizánin) — irregular soldier
• Bulgarian: партиза́нка (partizánka) — irregular soldier
• Burmese: ပြောက်ကျား (praukkya:) — irregular soldier
• Catalan: guerriller — irregular soldier
• Chinese Mandarin: 游擊隊員 /游击队员 (yóujī duìyuán) — irregular soldier
• Czech: partyzán — irregular soldier
• Czech: partyzánka — irregular soldier
• Danish: guerilla — irregular soldier
• Dutch: partizaan — irregular soldier
• Dutch: partizane — irregular soldier
• Dutch: guerrillero — irregular soldier
• Esperanto: gerilano gerilisto — irregular soldier
• Estonian: partisan — irregular soldier
• Estonian: siss — irregular soldier
• Finnish: sissi — irregular soldier
• Finnish: partisaani — irregular soldier
• French: guérillero — irregular soldier
• French: guérillera — irregular soldier
• French: partisan — irregular soldier
• French: partisane — irregular soldier
• Galician: guerrilleiro — irregular soldier
• Georgian: პარტიზანი (ṗarṭizani) — irregular soldier
• German: Partisan — irregular soldier
• German: Partisanin — irregular soldier
• German: Guerillakämpfer — irregular soldier
• German: Guerillakämpferin — irregular soldier
• Greek: αντάρτης (antártis) — irregular soldier
• Hebrew: גֵרִילָה (gerilá) — irregular soldier
• Hebrew: פַּרְטִיזָן (partizán) — irregular soldier
• Hungarian: gerilla — irregular soldier
• Hungarian: partizán — irregular soldier
• Icelandic: skæruliði — irregular soldier
• Indonesian: gerilyawan — irregular soldier
• Irish: guairille — irregular soldier
• Italian: partigiano — irregular soldier
• Italian: partigiana — irregular soldier
• Italian: guerrigliero — irregular soldier
• Italian: guerrigliera — irregular soldier
• Japanese: ゲリラ (gerira) — irregular soldier
• Kazakh: партизан (partizan) — irregular soldier
• Korean: 게릴라 (gerilla) — irregular soldier
• Northern Kurdish: gerîla — irregular soldier
• Northern Kurdish: partîzan — irregular soldier
• Kyrgyz: партизан (partizan) — irregular soldier
• Latvian: partizāns — irregular soldier
• Lithuanian: partizanas — irregular soldier
• Macedonian: партиза́н (partizán) — irregular soldier
• Macedonian: партиза́нка (partizánka) — irregular soldier
• Māori: hōia whakaninihi — irregular soldier
• Mongolian: партизан (partizan) — irregular soldier
• Mongolian: ᠫᠠᠷᠲ᠋ᠢᠽᠠᠨ (partizan) — irregular soldier
• Norwegian Bokmål: geriljasoldat — irregular soldier
• Norwegian Nynorsk: geriljasoldat — irregular soldier
• Pashto: پارتيزان (pārtizān) — irregular soldier
• Persian: پارتیزان (pârtizân) — irregular soldier
• Persian: چریک (čerik) — irregular soldier
• Polish: partyzant — irregular soldier
• Polish: partyzantka — irregular soldier
• Polish: bojownik — irregular soldier
• Polish: bojowniczka — irregular soldier
• Portuguese: guerrilheiro — irregular soldier
• Portuguese: guerrilheira — irregular soldier
• Romanian: partizan — irregular soldier
• Romanian: partizană — irregular soldier
• Russian: партиза́н (partizán) — irregular soldier
• Russian: партиза́нка (partizánka) — irregular soldier
• Serbo-Croatian: партѝза̄н — irregular soldier
• Serbo-Croatian: партѝза̄нка — irregular soldier
• Serbo-Croatian: partìzān — irregular soldier
• Serbo-Croatian: partìzānka — irregular soldier
• Slovak: partizán — irregular soldier
• Slovak: partizánka — irregular soldier
• Slovene: gverilec — irregular soldier
• Slovene: gverilka — irregular soldier
• Slovene: partizan — irregular soldier
• Slovene: partizanka — irregular soldier
• Spanish: guerrillero — irregular soldier
• Spanish: guerrillera — irregular soldier
• Swedish: gerilla — irregular soldier
• Tagalog: gerilyero — irregular soldier
• Tagalog: gerilya — irregular soldier
• Tajik: партизан (partizan) — irregular soldier
• Tajik: ташаббускор (tašabbuskor) — irregular soldier
• Tatar: партизан (partizan) — irregular soldier
• Turkish: gerilla — irregular soldier
• Turkish: partizan — irregular soldier
• Turkmen: partizan — irregular soldier
• Ukrainian: партиза́н (partyzán) — irregular soldier
• Ukrainian: партиза́нка (partyzánka) — irregular soldier
• Uyghur: پارتىزان (partizan) — irregular soldier
• Uzbek: partizan — irregular soldier
• Vietnamese: du kích — irregular soldier
• Welsh: herwfilwr — irregular soldier
• Welsh: gwylliad — irregular soldier
• Yiddish: פּאַרטיזאַן (partizan) — irregular soldier
• Arabic: حَرْب فِدائِيَّة (ḥarb fidāʔiyya) — guerrilla war
• Arabic: حَرْب عِصَابَات (ḥarb ʕiṣābāt) — guerrilla war
• Belarusian: партыза́нская вайна́ (partyzánskaja vajná) — guerrilla war
• Belarusian: партыза́ншчына (partyzánščyna) — guerrilla war
• Belarusian: геры́лья (hjerýlʹja) — guerrilla war
• Bulgarian: партиза́нска война́ (partizánska vojná) — guerrilla war
• Bulgarian: партиза́нщина (partizánština) — guerrilla war
• Bulgarian: гери́ла (geríla) — guerrilla war
• Bulgarian: гери́ля (gerílja) — guerrilla war
• Burmese: ပြောက်ကျားစစ် (praukkya:cac) — guerrilla war
• Catalan: guerrilla — guerrilla war
• Chinese Mandarin: 游擊 /游击 (yóujī) — guerrilla war
• Chinese Mandarin: 游擊戰 /游击战 (yóujīzhàn) — guerrilla war
• Chinese Mandarin: 游擊戰爭 /游击战争 (yóujī zhànzhēng) — guerrilla war
• Czech: partyzánská válka — guerrilla war
• Esperanto: gerilo — guerrilla war
• Estonian: sissisõda — guerrilla war
• Estonian: partisanisõda — guerrilla war
• Estonian: partisanivõitlus — guerrilla war
• Finnish: sissisota — guerrilla war
• French: guérilla — guerrilla war
• Galician: guerrilla — guerrilla war
• Georgian: პარტიზანული ომი (ṗarṭizanuli omi) — guerrilla war
• German: Guerilla — guerrilla war
• German: Guerillakrieg — guerrilla war
• Greek: αντάρτικο (antártiko) — guerrilla war
• Greek: ανταρτοπόλεμος (antartopólemos) — guerrilla war
• Indonesian: gerilya — guerrilla war
• Italian: guerriglia — guerrilla war
• Japanese: 遊撃 (yūgeki) — guerrilla war
• Japanese: ゲリラ (gerira) — guerrilla war
• Korean: 유격 (yugyeok) — guerrilla war
• Korean: 게릴라 (gerilla) — guerrilla war
• Korean: 유격전 (yugyeokjeon) — guerrilla war
• Latvian: partizānu karš — guerrilla war
• Lithuanian: partizaninis karas — guerrilla war
• Macedonian: партиза́нска војна (partizánska vojna) — guerrilla war
• Malay: gerila — guerrilla war
• Norwegian Bokmål: geriljakrig — guerrilla war
• Norwegian Nynorsk: geriljakrig — guerrilla war
• Persian: جنگ استقلال طلبی (jang-e esteqlâl talabi) — guerrilla war
• Persian: جنگ چریکی (jang-e čeriki) — guerrilla war
• Polish: partyzantka — guerrilla war
• Polish: wojna partyzancka — guerrilla war
• Portuguese: guerrilha — guerrilla war
• Romanian: gherilă — guerrilla war
• Romanian: război de gherilă — guerrilla war
• Russian: партиза́нская война́ (partizánskaja vojná) — guerrilla war
• Russian: гери́лья (gerílʹja) — guerrilla war
• Russian: партиза́нщина (partizánščina) — guerrilla war
• Russian: партиза́нство (partizánstvo) — guerrilla war
• Serbo-Croatian: герилски рат — guerrilla war
• Serbo-Croatian: герилско ратовање — guerrilla war
• Serbo-Croatian: gerilski rat — guerrilla war
• Serbo-Croatian: gerilsko ratovanje — guerrilla war
• Slovak: partizánska vojna — guerrilla war
• Slovene: gverilsko vojskovanje — guerrilla war
• Spanish: guerrilla — guerrilla war
• Spanish: guerra de guerrillas — guerrilla war
• Tagalog: gerilya — guerrilla war
• Thai: สงครามกองโจร — guerrilla war
• Turkish: gerilla savaşı — guerrilla war
• Ukrainian: партиза́нська війна́ (partyzánsʹka vijná) — guerrilla war
• Ukrainian: партиза́нщина (partyzánščyna) — guerrilla war
• Ukrainian: партиза́нство (partyzánstvo) — guerrilla war
• Ukrainian: гери́лья (herýlʹja) — guerrilla war