English → Tetun
fight
baku malu, haan malu; luta
Example sentences
"Hamutuk ita fight against haluha.
"Hamutuk ita luta kontra haluha.
"Journalists must continue to fight.
"Jornalista tenki luta nafatin.
"People can fight, but there is no leader.
"Povu bele luta, lider laiha.
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “fight”
- Mino challenged his friend to a fight.Mino sadik nia kolega atu baku malu.
- When we fight a war, we have to accept the consequences.Kuandu ita halo funu, ita tenke simu nia konsekuénsia.
- The police reconciled the two young people who had a fight last night.Ohin polísia hadame joven na'in rua ne'ebé baku malu hori kalan.
- In our suburb, when there is a rock fight, we always bang metal (as a warning).Iha ami nia bairu kuandu ema tuda malu, ami sempre dere besi.
- My neighbours had a fight because they accused each other’s (wives) of being witches.Ha'u nia viziñu sira baku malu tanba du'un malu buan.