La guerra mundial
Example: La Segunda Guerra Mundial cambió la historia de Europa para siempre.
Definition
"La guerra mundial" refers to a large-scale conflict involving multiple countries across different continents, significantly impacting global history. For example, the Second World War changed the history of Europe forever.
Etymology
The term "la guerra mundial" combines the Spanish word "guerra" meaning war, derived from the Old High German 'werra' meaning confusion or strife, and "mundial" meaning worldwide or global, from Latin 'mundus' meaning world. Did you know? The phrase emerged to describe conflicts with worldwide involvement, notably World War I and World War II.
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"La guerra mundial" appears in the Vocaplus list "Spanish - History - (B2) - set 1", containing 210 commonly used words.
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