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"escaramuza" in English

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escaramuza{feminine}
scuffle{noun}
Los medios de comunicación, incluidos los occidentales, han informado sobre una escaramuza que ha implicado a dos jóvenes en un lugar público.
The media, including the Western media, have reported on a scuffle that involved two young bloggers and another two people in a public place.
skirmish{noun} [mil.]
Es una victoria para Gran Bretaña, pero solo se ha ganado una escaramuza.
This is a victory for Britain, but it is only a skirmish that has been won.
Algunos piensan que esto no es más que una escaramuza en la lucha maniquea que mantiene el sector público, que es el bueno, contra el sector privado, que es el malo.
There are others who see this as a skirmish in some kind of Manichean struggle between the public sector, which is good, and the private sector, which is bad.
scrimmage{noun} [sports]
zona de escaramuza
line of scrimmage
Es una victoria para Gran Bretaña, pero solo se ha ganado una escaramuza.
This is a victory for Britain, but it is only a skirmish that has been won.
Me gustaría que terminaran las pequeñas escaramuzas en este campo.
I would like to see an end to minor skirmishes in this field.
Algunos piensan que esto no es más que una escaramuza en la lucha maniquea que mantiene el sector público, que es el bueno, contra el sector privado, que es el malo.
There are others who see this as a skirmish in some kind of Manichean struggle between the public sector, which is good, and the private sector, which is bad.

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hubo una escaramuza entre policías y manifestantes
police and demonstrators scuffled
zona de escaramuza
line of scrimmage