To fight /tu faɪt/ significa pelear, luchar o combatir. Puede referirse a una pelea física, una discusión fuerte o el esfuerzo por vencer un problema, una enfermedad o una situación difícil.
Este verbo se usa de varias maneras importantes:
- Fight someone — pelear contra alguien.
- He fought the attacker. — “Él peleó contra el atacante.”
- Fight with someone — pelear o discutir con alguien.
- She fought with her brother. — “Ella peleó con su hermano.”
- Fight against someone or something — luchar contra alguien o algo.
- They are fighting against injustice. — “Están luchando contra la injusticia.”
- Fight for something — luchar por algo.
- We must fight for our rights. — “Debemos luchar por nuestros derechos.”
- Fight over/about something — pelear o discutir por algo.
- The children fought over the toy. — “Los niños pelearon por el juguete.”
También podemos usar fight directamente antes de una enfermedad o un problema: She is fighting cancer — “Ella está luchando contra el cáncer” y They are fighting poverty — “Están combatiendo la pobreza”. En estos ejemplos, no es necesario usar against.
Fight y argue no significan exactamente lo mismo. Argue normalmente se refiere a discutir con palabras. Fight puede referirse a una pelea física, pero también puede describir una discusión fuerte: “They argued about money” y “They fought about money”.
Fight es un verbo irregular: fight → fought → fought. El Simple Past y el participio usan fought, no "fighted". La combinación de letras gh no se pronuncia.
Fight se pronuncia /faɪt/. La forma de tercera persona fights se pronuncia /faɪts/, con sonido final /s/. El pasado y el participio fought se pronuncian /fɔt/. El gerundio fighting se pronuncia /ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/.
Simple Tense
Simple Present Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I fight | We fight |
| 2ª | You fight | You fight |
| 3ª | He/She/It fights | They fight |
Fight: /faɪt/, fights: /faɪts/
Simple Past Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I fought | We fought |
| 2ª | You fought | You fought |
| 3ª | He/She/It fought | They fought |
Fought: /fɔt/
Simple Future Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I will fight | We will fight |
| 2ª | You will fight | You will fight |
| 3ª | He/She/It will fight | They will fight |
Will fight: /wɪl faɪt/
Continuous Tense
Present Continuous Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I am fighting | We are fighting |
| 2ª | You are fighting | You are fighting |
| 3ª | He/She/It is fighting | They are fighting |
Fighting: /ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/
Past Continuous Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I was fighting | We were fighting |
| 2ª | You were fighting | You were fighting |
| 3ª | He/She/It was fighting | They were fighting |
Was fighting: /wəz ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/, Were fighting: /wɜr ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/
Future Continuous Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I will be fighting | We will be fighting |
| 2ª | You will be fighting | You will be fighting |
| 3ª | He/She/It will be fighting | They will be fighting |
Will be fighting: /wɪl bi ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/
Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I have fought | We have fought |
| 2ª | You have fought | You have fought |
| 3ª | He/She/It has fought | They have fought |
Have fought: /hæv fɔt/, Has fought: /hæz fɔt/
Past Perfect Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I had fought | We had fought |
| 2ª | You had fought | You had fought |
| 3ª | He/She/It had fought | They had fought |
Had fought: /hæd fɔt/
Future Perfect Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I will have fought | We will have fought |
| 2ª | You will have fought | You will have fought |
| 3ª | He/She/It will have fought | They will have fought |
Will have fought: /wɪl hæv fɔt/
