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liza

arena

noun LEE-sah Rare
People & Society Military

Origin: From Old French lice, a jousting enclosure.

Also means

contest

Usage Note

Liza is a literary or elevated term for a combat arena or field of contest, and its primary modern life is in the set phrase en liza ('in contention', 'at stake', 'in the running'): los candidatos en liza ('the candidates in contention'). In everyday speech it almost never appears outside this idiom. As a given name Liza is unrelated — avoid confusion in context.

Examples

"Hay tres candidatos en liza para el puesto."

Natural Translation

There are three candidates in contention for the post.

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