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controversial:
- Wiktionary:
  controversial → controversial
  controversial → controversional, controversial

English to Spanish: more detail...

controversial:
- cuestionable; sospechoso; discutible; dudoso; de mala fama; notorio
Wiktionary:
- controversial → controvertido, controversial
- controversial → controversial, controvertido, polémico

English

Detailed Translations for controversial from English to Spanish

controversial:

controversial adj

controversial (dubious; questionable; disputable; contested; uncertain; disputed; imputable; debatable; open to question)
cuestionable; sospechoso; discutible; dudoso
- cuestionable adj
- sospechoso adj
- discutible adj
- dudoso adj
controversial (notorious; stunning; sensational; disreputable)
de mala fama; notorio
- de mala fama adj
- notorio adj

Translation Matrix for controversial:

Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
cuestionable	contested; controversial; debatable; disputable; disputed; dubious; imputable; open to question; questionable; uncertain	changeable; debatable; disputable; dubious; imputable; not bright; not clear; open to debate; open to question; questionable; turbid; unstable; variable; varying
de mala fama	controversial; disreputable; notorious; sensational; stunning	disreputable; infamous; notorious
discutible	contested; controversial; debatable; disputable; disputed; dubious; imputable; open to question; questionable; uncertain	debatable; disputable; imputable; open to question; questionable
dudoso	contested; controversial; debatable; disputable; disputed; dubious; imputable; open to question; questionable; uncertain	debatable; deceitful; disputable; dubious; imputable; mendacious; not bright; not clear; open to debate; open to question; questionable; turbid; unreliable
notorio	controversial; disreputable; notorious; sensational; stunning	apparently; disreputable; evidently; generally known; infamous; known; known all over the world; notorious; obviously; public; very well known; widely known
sospechoso	contested; controversial; debatable; disputable; disputed; dubious; imputable; open to question; questionable; uncertain	changeable; creepy; deceitful; dishonest; dubious; eerie; false; grimy; indistinct; lugubrious; lying; mendacious; nasty; obscure; ominous; problematic; questionable; repulsive; scary; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; suspect; suspicious; unappetising; unappetizing; uncertain; unclear; unreliable; unsavory; unsavoury; unstable; untruthful; vague; variable; varying

Related Words for "controversial":

uncontroversial, controversially

Synonyms for "controversial":

arguable; debatable; disputable; moot; contentious; disputed; polemic; polemical

Antonyms for "controversial":

uncontroversial

Related Definitions for "controversial":

marked by or capable of arousing controversy¹
- the issue of the death penalty is highly controversial¹
- Rushdie's controversial book¹
- a controversial decision on affirmative action¹

Wiktionary Translations for controversial:

controversial

adjective

arousing controversy
- controversial → controvertido; controversial

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• controversial	→ controversial	↔ controversieel — onderwerp zijnde van een twist
• controversial	→ controvertido	↔ kontrovers — entgegengesetzt, sich widersprechend
• controversial	→ controvertido	↔ umstritten — ohne Übereinstimmung/Zustimmung aller
• controversial	→ polémico	↔ polémique — Qui appartient à la dispute. — note Il se dit des querelles, des disputes par écrit, sur les questions se rapportant à la théologie, à la politique, à la littérature, etc.

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Related Translations for controversial

controversial topic

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