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Old November 16, 2008, 02:38 AM
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contrincante - masculine noun (el) - competitor, opponent, rival. Look up contrincante in the dictionary

Pedro es contrincante de Juan en la elección.
Peter is John's opponent in the election.
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Old November 16, 2008, 08:27 AM
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can contrincante mean "enemy" or is that a completely different word?
Obama es conrincante de McCain en la elección, ¿no?
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Old November 16, 2008, 12:11 PM
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I don't think so, Jessica, the word Contricante is distinct to Enemigo, for example:

Obama is opponent of McCain.

Obama is enemy of McCain.

The two sentences does not mean the same.
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ok....to me enemy and rival are almost the same. but in Spanish I guess it's different.
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yes , it´s when two person is going to fight for the same thing. for example in a rally. box, tae kwo do. it´s a competetion. i think so.
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Yes, it's almost the same mean in both words.
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The words enemy and rival are very similar, yet they have different nuances of meaning. The best translation of enemy is enemigo.
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