crumple

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• /ˈkɹʌmpəl/
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From Middle English crumplen, cromplen, frequentative of Middle English crumpen (“to curl up, crump”), from Old English crump (“bent, crooked”). Equivalent to crump + -le.

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: əzmək — to rumple
• Belarusian: мяць (mjacʹ) — to rumple
• Bulgarian: мачкам (mačkam) — to rumple
• Bulgarian: набръчквам (nabrǎčkvam) — to rumple
• Chinese Mandarin: 弄皺 /弄皱 (nòng zhòu) — to rumple
• Czech: mačkat — to rumple
• Czech: muchlat — to rumple
• Czech: krčit — to rumple
• Czech: mnout — to rumple
• Czech: zmačkat — to rumple
• Czech: zmuchlat — to rumple
• Finnish: rypistää — to rumple
• Finnish: rutistaa — to rumple
• French: chiffonner — to rumple
• French: froisser — to rumple
• German: knüllen — to rumple
• German: zerknittern — to rumple
• German: verkrumpeln — to rumple
• Greek: τσαλακώνω (tsalakóno) — to rumple
• Greek: ζαρώνω (zaróno) — to rumple
• Indonesian: lecek — to rumple
• Japanese: しわくちゃにする (shiwakucha ni suru) — to rumple
• Lingala: nyuka — to rumple
• Malay: remuk — to rumple
• Malay: renyuk — to rumple
• Malay: kerumuk — to rumple
• Māori: tarihahohaho — to rumple
• Polish: miąć — to rumple
• Portuguese: amassar — to rumple
• Romanian: cocoloși — to rumple
• Russian: смина́ть (sminátʹ) — to rumple
• Russian: мять (mjatʹ) — to rumple
• Russian: смять (smjatʹ) — to rumple
• Russian: ко́мкать (kómkatʹ) — to rumple
• Russian: ско́мкать (skómkatʹ) — to rumple
• Serbo-Croatian: згужвати — to rumple
• Serbo-Croatian: zgužvati — to rumple
• Slovak: mäť — to rumple
• Spanish: arrugar — to rumple
• Spanish: ajar — to rumple
• Spanish: rugar — to rumple
• Spanish: ahajar (disused) — to rumple
• Swedish: skrynkla ihop — to rumple
• Ukrainian: жма́кати (žmákaty) — to rumple
• Ukrainian: м'я́ти (mʺjáty) — to rumple
• Bulgarian: раздробявам (razdrobjavam) — to cause to collapse
• Greek: σωριάζω (soriázo) — to cause to collapse
• Irish: crap — to cause to collapse
• Māori: kopenu — to cause to collapse
• Māori: kōpenupenu — to cause to collapse
• Spanish: colapsar — to cause to collapse
• Bulgarian: мачкам се (mačkam se) — to become wrinkled
• Bulgarian: набръчквам се (nabrǎčkvam se) — to become wrinkled
• Czech: mačkat se — to become wrinkled
• Finnish: rypistyä — to become wrinkled
• French: se froisser — to become wrinkled
• German: zerknittern — to become wrinkled
• Greek: ζαρώνω (zaróno) — to become wrinkled
• Malay: berkedut — to become wrinkled
• Portuguese: amassar — to become wrinkled
• Russian: мо́рщиться (mórščitʹsja) — to become wrinkled
• Russian: мяться (mjatʹsja) — to become wrinkled
• Spanish: arrugarse — to become wrinkled
• Spanish: ajarse — to become wrinkled
• Czech: hroutit se — to collapse
• Finnish: lyyhistyä — to collapse
• French: s'effondrer — to collapse
• Greek: σωριάζομαι (soriázomai) — to collapse
• Greek: καταρρέω (katarréo) — to collapse
• Māori: ngaeki — to collapse
• Spanish: colapsar[se] — to collapse