controversial

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌkɒntrəˈvɜːrʃəl/

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

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kon′trə vûrshəl)


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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
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
InglésEspañol
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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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
noncontroversial,
non-controversial
adj
(generally accepted)no controvertido loc adj
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'controversial' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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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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