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UK:^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌkɒntrəˈvɜː^rʃ^əl/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌkɑntrəˈvɝʃəl/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kon′trə vûr′shəl)

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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
controversial adj	(problematic, causing controversy)	controvertido/a adj
		polémico/a adj
	The controversial proposal was defeated.
	Eliminaron la controvertida propuesta.

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Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
controversial adj	(debatable)	discutible adj mf
		controvertible adj mf
	Flavio loves to talk about controversial economic policies.
	A Flavio le encanta hablar de políticas económicas discutibles.
controversial adj	(often not in agreement)	porfiado/a adj
	She's so controversial! She won't agree with anything.
	Es muy porfiada: ¡nunca está de acuerdo con nadie!
controversial adj	(person)	polémico/a adj
	In his time, Martin Luther was a controversial thinker.
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Mussolini era un líder muy polémico.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
noncontroversial, non-controversial adj	(generally accepted)	no controvertido loc adj

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'controversial' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

In the English description:

can of worms - cancel culture - cause celebre - hot - hot take - in dispute - point of contention - polemic - polemical - raise ethical issues - thorny - vexed - wedge issue

Spanish:

contestatario - controversial - controvertido - discutido - polémica - conflictivo - polémico - pregunta polémica - ruidoso

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Synonyms: debatable, questionable, contentious, much-disputed, subject to controversy, more...

Collocations: is a controversial [book, article, song, actress, politician], made a controversial [decision, ruling, law], the controversial [issue, question, matter] of, more...

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