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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