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Translation

to argue, dispute

Word origin

From Latin disputare ('to weigh up, to debate'), built from dis- ('apart') and putare ('to reckon, to think'). The same putare hides inside English compute and reputation; disputing began as reckoning a question out from both sides.

Origin
Latin, via international dispute
Root
disputare
English cognates
dispute, compute

Examples

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The brothers argued about the money.

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Do not argue with me in front of the children!

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They argued for hours and then agreed.

is hotter than : a diskuto weighs a question, a o is a quarrel about it. You dispute a topic and a person.

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This word is part of lesson 28.