lucha
Spanish, noun
lucha is spelled L-U-C-H-A (5 letters) and appears 123 times per million words in written Spanish, the 704th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lucha is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “fight, fighting, fray” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of luchar. With an accent, luchá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of luchar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Enfrentamiento entre dos o más personas”.
What does lucha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefight, fighting, fray
- 2
femininestruggle, battle (in the figurative sense), strife, striving
- 3
femininewrestling
- 4
femininecontrol, enforcement, fight (e.g. disease control, tobacco control, drug control)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of luchar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enfrentamiento entre dos o más personas. 2. Oposición presentada por partes que entran en conflicto y que tratan de imponer sus intereses. 3. Esfuerzo constante realizado con el fin de resistir la acción de una fuerza contraria, sea esta física o psicológica.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lucha
- luchas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to lucha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lucha in Spanish?
lucha appears 123 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).