battleground

campo de batalla

Lugar donde los ejércitos combaten o combatieron.

En inglés sencillo: A place where armies fight or fought a battle.

• The field became a battleground.
• We visited several historic battlegrounds during our trip.
• Soldiers left broken weapons scattered across the battleground.

Sinónimos: battlefield

Expresiones frecuentes: ancient battleground, visit a battleground, bloody battleground

campo de batalla, terreno de disputa

Lugar o situación donde personas o grupos se enfrentan e intentan imponerse.

En inglés sencillo: A place or situation where people or groups strongly disagree and try to win.

• Their home became a battleground.
• The state is a key electoral battleground.
• Social media has become a battleground for competing political groups.

Cómo se usa: a battleground for someone/something (The city became a battleground for rival political parties.)

Sinónimos: arena of conflict

Expresiones frecuentes: political battleground, become a battleground, electoral battleground

tema de disputa

Asunto que provoca fuertes desacuerdos y sobre el que se intenta imponer una postura.

En inglés sencillo: A subject that people strongly disagree about and try to influence.

• Education is the latest battleground.
• Tax reform became a major political battleground.
• Privacy has emerged as a new battleground in the technology debate.

Cómo se usa: a battleground over something (School funding became a battleground over public spending.)

Sinónimos: point of contention, contested issue

Expresiones frecuentes: major battleground, ideological battleground, new battleground