Spanish term
Chile
\"foco de conflicto\"
I cant find the exact term for "foco de conflicto" - any help appreciated, please!
| 3 +4 | source of conflict |
Benigno Torres
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| 3 +3 | conflict center / focal point of conflict |
Michael Powers (PhD)
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| 4 | bone of contention |
neilmac
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| 3 | center of conflict |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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Proposed translations
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
conflict center / focal point of conflict
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Marcelo González
: focal point of conflict (itself)
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philgoddard
: I agree with your second answer, but "centre of conflict" would be better than "conflict centre" in my opinion. And "focus" would be an obvious choice.
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nweatherdon
: focal point. And definitely agree with phil on "centre of conflict" being better than "conflict centre"
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source of conflict
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Marcelo González
: it (the gov't) becomes a source of conflict itself -- sounds good to me :-)
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Gracias.
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Muriel Vasconcellos
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Gracias.
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Margarida Martins Costelha
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Gracias.
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franglish
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Gracias.
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United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
center of conflict
bone of contention
(I also considered suggesting "hot spot/hotspot")
The State became a bone of contention in our politics at the first, and remained one until the dissolution of the Whig party.
Kashmir which was a princely state – became a bone of contention between India and Pakistan.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hotspot
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/a-bone-of-contention
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