lidiar
Meanings
Verb
1. to fight, battle (intransitive)
2. to bullfight until the animal dies (transitive, bullfighting)
3. to oppose someone (intransitive)
4. to attempt to negotiate with an annoying person (intransitive)
5. to argue, litigate (intransitive, rare)
6. to cope, deal with, handle
Examples23
No puedo lidiar con ellos.
I can't deal with them.
Tenemos que lidiar con esto, Tom.
We have to deal with this, Tom.
Ahora, tenemos que lidiar con esto.
Right now, we need to deal with this.
No puedo lidiar con esto ahora.
I just can't deal with this now.
Déjame lidiar con él.
Let me deal with him.
Tengo que lidiar con esto solo.
I have to deal with this alone.