spasm

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• /ˈspæz.m̩/
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From Middle English spasme, from Old French spasme, from Latin spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós, “spasm, convulsion”), from σπάω (spáō, “to draw out, pull out”).

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَشَنُّج (tašannuj) — contraction of a muscle
• Azerbaijani: qıc — contraction of a muscle
• Azerbaijani: spazma — contraction of a muscle
• Belarusian: спазма (spazma) — contraction of a muscle
• Bulgarian: крамп (kramp) — contraction of a muscle
• Bulgarian: гърч (gǎrč) — contraction of a muscle
• Caló: nodi — contraction of a muscle
• Catalan: espasme — contraction of a muscle
• Chinese Cantonese: 痙攣 /痉挛 (ging6lyun4) — contraction of a muscle
• Chinese Mandarin: 痙攣 /痉挛 (jìngluán) — contraction of a muscle
• Crimean Tatar: spazm — contraction of a muscle
• Czech: křeč — contraction of a muscle
• Danish: krampe — contraction of a muscle
• Dutch: kramp — contraction of a muscle
• Esperanto: spasmo — contraction of a muscle
• Finnish: spasmi — contraction of a muscle
• Finnish: kouristus — contraction of a muscle
• French: spasme — contraction of a muscle
• German: Krampf — contraction of a muscle
• German: Muskelkrampf — contraction of a muscle
• German: Spasmus — contraction of a muscle
• Greek: σπασμός (spasmós) — contraction of a muscle
• Greek: σύσπαση (sýspasi) — contraction of a muscle
• Ancient Greek: σπασμός (spasmós) — contraction of a muscle
• Hebrew: עֲוִית ('avít) — contraction of a muscle
• Hungarian: görcs — contraction of a muscle
• Ingrian: rapahus — contraction of a muscle
• Irish: ríog — contraction of a muscle
• Italian: spasmo — contraction of a muscle
• Japanese: 痙攣 (keiren) — contraction of a muscle
• Korean: 경련 (gyeongnyeon) — contraction of a muscle
• Latvian: krampji — contraction of a muscle
• Macedonian: грч (grč) — contraction of a muscle
• Māori: timu — contraction of a muscle
• Māori: tumu — contraction of a muscle
• Māori: hōkai — contraction of a muscle
• Norwegian Bokmål: krampe — contraction of a muscle
• Norwegian Bokmål: spasme — contraction of a muscle
• Norwegian Nynorsk: krampe — contraction of a muscle
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spasme — contraction of a muscle
• Plautdietsch: Kraump — contraction of a muscle
• Polish: spazm — contraction of a muscle
• Polish: kurcz — contraction of a muscle
• Polish: skurcz — contraction of a muscle
• Portuguese: espasmo — contraction of a muscle
• Quechua: q'iwiykuy — contraction of a muscle
• Romanian: spasm — contraction of a muscle
• Russian: спазм (spazm) — contraction of a muscle
• Serbo-Croatian: grč — contraction of a muscle
• Slovak: kŕč — contraction of a muscle
• Slovene: krč — contraction of a muscle
• Spanish: espasmo — contraction of a muscle
• Swedish: kramp — contraction of a muscle
• Tagalog: kisay — contraction of a muscle
• Turkish: spazm — contraction of a muscle
• Vietnamese: co thắt — contraction of a muscle
• Welsh: sbasm — contraction of a muscle
• Welsh: gwingiad — contraction of a muscle
• Welsh: gwewyr — contraction of a muscle
• Zazaki: spazm — contraction of a muscle
• Bulgarian: спазма (spazma) — a violent, excruciating seizure of pain
• Dutch: stuip — a violent, excruciating seizure of pain
• Esperanto: spasmo — a violent, excruciating seizure of pain
• Finnish: kipukohtaus — a violent, excruciating seizure of pain
• Greek: σπασμός (spasmós) — a violent, excruciating seizure of pain
• Greek: κρίση (krísi) — a violent, excruciating seizure of pain
• Plautdietsch: Stäakj — a violent, excruciating seizure of pain
• Turkish: kramp — a violent, excruciating seizure of pain
• Bulgarian: изблик (izblik) — a sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion
• Finnish: puuska — a sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion
• Finnish: kohtaus — a sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion
• German: Anfall — a sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion
• Greek: κρίση (krísi) — a sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion
• Greek: παροξυσμός (paroxysmós) — a sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion
• Irish: taom — a sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion
• Spanish: acceso — a sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion
• German: verkrampfen — to produce a sudden spasm or uncontrolled movement of the muscles
• German: krampfen — to produce a sudden spasm or uncontrolled movement of the muscles
• Māori: hoto — to produce a sudden spasm or uncontrolled movement of the muscles
• Māori: io — to produce a sudden spasm or uncontrolled movement of the muscles