a person who engages in irregular warfare especially as a member of an independent unit carrying out harassment and sabotage Please use the correct form of the word "does". The definition of guerrilla is a member of a small group taking part in irregular fighting, typically against larger forces. Examples of guerrilla warfare would include the American Colonists fighting the British Redcoats in the Revolutionary War, the Confederates fighting the large Union army in the Civil war, or the Viet Kong fighting against the U.S.A. in the Vietnam War.
the guerrilla fought in the war
Spanish word for "little war" is Guerillas or Guerrillas
Guerrilla in Spanish generally refers to a guerrilla fighter in unconventional warfare. The word in Spanish is: guerrillero.
The guerrilla tactics were a long way from the close order drill formations. The partisans waged guerrilla warfare against the invaders.
It is a diminutive of the Spanish word for war. Literally, a little war.
Spanish, diminutive of Guerra (war)
The similar word is "guerrilla" (a rebel or insurgent).
The word guerrilla comes from the French word "guerre" meaning war. The word "guerrilla" in Spanish also means "little war". Hence the word guerrilla is used to mean unconventional tactics, where lightly armed combatants take on more heavily armed and static armies in mobile attacks. It derives from the Peninsula War 1807-1814, where lightly armed civilian armies (or militia) fought Napoleon's forces.
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Many, many English words are apapted from other languages, especially German. The Hispanic word, "Guerilla" has been adopted into the English language, a long time ago. So Spanish guerrilla translates into English as guerrilla.
The animal gorilla is spelled gorila. The warfare is guerrilla.