(1) GRAN AS GREAT To talk about something or someone who is powerful, influential or remarkable in some way, we translate “gran” as “great”: La primera, por parte de Nueva España (actual México) que soñaba con crear una gran Nación que abarcara toda Centroamérica y

(1) TO FIGHT AS PELEAR When the verb “to fight” is used to describe a physical or verbal confrontation, we translate it as “pelear”: Siempre están peleando por dinero. They are always fighting about money. (2) TO FIGHT AS LUCHAR When we talk about striving