Represalias (en. Retaliation)

/represalias/

Meaning & Definition

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noun

Actions or measures taken to avenge a received harm.

Reprisals often aggravate conflicts rather than resolve them.

Las represalias suelen agravar los conflictos en lugar de resolverlos.

Retaliatory actions in the political or military sphere.

The country took reprisals after the attack on its embassy.

El país tomó represalias después del ataque a su embajada.

Violent or hostile reaction to an offense.

He feared reprisals for speaking ill of the boss.

Él temía represalias por haber hablado mal del jefe.

From Latin 'represaliae', meaning compensations or retributions.

to take reprisals

To act in response to an attack or an offense.

tomar represalias

diplomatic reprisals

Actions in international politics in response to an act considered hostile.

represalias diplomáticas

economic reprisals

Measures that affect trade or the economy in response to a conflict.

represalias económicas

revenge

Action of causing harm to someone in response to an offense.

venganza

retribution

Action of returning a harm or injustice.

retribución

retaliation

Action of responding to an attack or harm received.

retaliación

light revenge.

It was just a reprisal, something insignificant.

Fue solo una represalia, algo sin importancia.

Quick and thoughtless action.

He acted thoughtlessly, it was an impulsive reprisal.

Actuó sin pensar, fue una represalia impulsiva.