tangle

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• /ˈtæŋ.ɡəl/ without æ-raising
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• Canada, US: /ˈteɪ̯ŋɡəl/
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• Canada, US: [ˈtheɪ̯ŋɡəl] ~ [ˈtheɪ̯ŋɡl̩]
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• Canada, US: /ˈtɛ̃ŋɡəl/
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• Canada, US: [ˈthɛ̃ŋɡəl] ~ [ˈthɛ̃ŋɡl̩]
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• rhymes with -æŋɡəl
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• CMU ARPABET: T AE1 NG G AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English tanglen, probably of North Germanic origin, compare Swedish taggla (“to disorder”), Old Norse þǫngull, þang (“tangle; seaweed”), see Etymology 2 below.

Of North Germanic origin, such as Danish tang or Swedish tång, from Old Norse þongull, þang. See also Norwegian tongul, Faroese tongul, Icelandic þöngull.

174 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: нещо объркано (nešto obǎrkano) — tangled twisted mass
• Czech: změť — tangled twisted mass
• Czech: spleť — tangled twisted mass
• Dutch: wirwar — tangled twisted mass
• Finnish: sotku — tangled twisted mass
• Finnish: vyyhti — tangled twisted mass
• French: imbroglio — tangled twisted mass
• German: Wirrwarr — tangled twisted mass
• Hungarian: gubanc — tangled twisted mass
• Icelandic: flækja — tangled twisted mass
• Irish: gréasán — tangled twisted mass
• Japanese: 縺れ (motsure) — tangled twisted mass
• Macedonian: брко́тија (brkótija) — tangled twisted mass
• Macedonian: брко́тница (brkótnica) — tangled twisted mass
• Macedonian: ка́ша (káša) — tangled twisted mass
• Māori: pōkīkī — tangled twisted mass
• Polish: plątanina — tangled twisted mass
• Portuguese: emaranhado — tangled twisted mass
• Russian: пу́таница (pútanica) — tangled twisted mass
• Russian: неразбери́ха (nerazberíxa) — tangled twisted mass
• Russian: беспоря́док (besporjádok) — tangled twisted mass
• Spanish: maraña — tangled twisted mass
• Swedish: trassel — tangled twisted mass
• Swedish: härva — tangled twisted mass
• Bulgarian: бърканица (bǎrkanica) — complicated or confused state or condition
• Bulgarian: неразбория (nerazborija) — complicated or confused state or condition
• Czech: změť — complicated or confused state or condition
• Czech: spleť — complicated or confused state or condition
• Dutch: warboel — complicated or confused state or condition
• Faroese: fløkja — complicated or confused state or condition
• Finnish: sotku — complicated or confused state or condition
• German: Gewirr — complicated or confused state or condition
• Hungarian: zűrzavar — complicated or confused state or condition
• Icelandic: flækja — complicated or confused state or condition
• Irish: tranglam — complicated or confused state or condition
• Japanese: 縺れ (motsure) — complicated or confused state or condition
• Macedonian: брка́ница (brkánica) — complicated or confused state or condition
• Macedonian: збр́ка (zbŕka) — complicated or confused state or condition
• Polish: zamęt — complicated or confused state or condition
• Portuguese: emaranhado — complicated or confused state or condition
• Russian: клубо́к (klubók) — complicated or confused state or condition
• Swedish: härva — complicated or confused state or condition
• Swedish: röra — complicated or confused state or condition
• Swedish: virrvarr — complicated or confused state or condition
• Bulgarian: схватка (shvatka) — argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Dutch: clinch — argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Finnish: riita — argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Finnish: tappelu — argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• German: Rangelei — argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Hungarian: csetepaté — argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Icelandic: karp — argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Irish: aighneas — argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Macedonian: су́дир (súdir) — argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Polish: konflikt — argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Polish: spór — argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Russian: ссо́ра (ssóra) — argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Swedish: bråk — argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Swedish: gräl — argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Bulgarian: водора́сло (vodoráslo) — large type of seaweed
• Scottish Gaelic: langadar — large type of seaweed
• Arabic: خبّل (ḵəbbəl) — to mix together or intertwine
• Bulgarian: обърквам (obǎrkvam) — to mix together or intertwine
• Bulgarian: заплитам (zaplitam) — to mix together or intertwine
• Czech: zamotat — to mix together or intertwine
• Czech: splést — to mix together or intertwine
• Czech: zaplést — to mix together or intertwine
• Esperanto: konfuzi — to mix together or intertwine
• Finnish: sotkea — to mix together or intertwine
• French: emmêler — to mix together or intertwine
• French: enchevêtrer — to mix together or intertwine
• French: compliquer — to mix together or intertwine
• Galician: enmarañar — to mix together or intertwine
• Galician: enlear — to mix together or intertwine
• Galician: ensarillar — to mix together or intertwine
• Galician: embeleñar — to mix together or intertwine
• German: verwirren — to mix together or intertwine
• German: verfitzen — to mix together or intertwine
• German: verfilzen — to mix together or intertwine
• Greek: πλέκω (pléko) — to mix together or intertwine
• Italian: intrecciare — to mix together or intertwine
• Khmer: ធ្វើឲ្យប្រទាក់ចំពាក់គ្នា (tvəə aoy prɑteak cɑmpeak knie) — to mix together or intertwine
• Macedonian: за́плете (záplete) — to mix together or intertwine
• Macedonian: за́плетка (zápletka) — to mix together or intertwine
• Portuguese: emaranhar — to mix together or intertwine
• Portuguese: misturar — to mix together or intertwine
• Russian: запу́тывать (zapútyvatʹ) — to mix together or intertwine
• Russian: запу́тать (zapútatʹ) — to mix together or intertwine
• Sicilian: ntrizzari — to mix together or intertwine
• Sicilian: alligari — to mix together or intertwine
• Spanish: enmarañar — to mix together or intertwine
• Swedish: trassla till — to mix together or intertwine
• Swedish: göra trasslig — to mix together or intertwine
• Ukrainian: плу́тати (plútaty) — to mix together or intertwine
• Ukrainian: заплу́тувати (zaplútuvaty) — to mix together or intertwine
• Ukrainian: заплу́тати (zaplútaty) — to mix together or intertwine
• Walloon: ecomeler — to mix together or intertwine
• Walloon: ecramyî — to mix together or intertwine
• Walloon: emacraler — to mix together or intertwine
• Arabic: تْخبّل (tḵəbbəl) — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Central Bikol: gubot — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Bulgarian: сплитам се (splitam se) — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Bulgarian: заплитам се (zaplitam se) — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Chinese Mandarin: 糾結 /纠结 (jiūjié) — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Finnish: sotkeutua — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Finnish: sotkuuntua — to become mixed together or intertwined
• French: s'emmêler — to become mixed together or intertwined
• French: s'enchevêtrer — to become mixed together or intertwined
• German: verfitzen — to become mixed together or intertwined
• German: zerzausen — to become mixed together or intertwined
• German: sich verheddern — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Greek: εμπλέκω (empléko) — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Japanese: 縺れる (motsureru) — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Khmer: ប្រទាក់ (prɑteak) — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Khmer: ចំពាក់ (cɑmpeak) — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Lithuanian: velti — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Macedonian: се пле́тка (se plétka) — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Macedonian: се пле́те (se pléte) — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Malay: kusut — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Mirandese: ambaraçar — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fløkja — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vasa — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Norwegian Nynorsk: filtra — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Polish: plątać się — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Polish: splątać się — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Polish: poplątać się — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Portuguese: enrolar-se — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Portuguese: embaraçar — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Portuguese: emaranhar — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Russian: запу́тываться (zapútyvatʹsja) — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Russian: запу́таться (zapútatʹsja) — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Spanish: enmarañarse — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Swedish: bli tilltrasslad — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Swedish: trassla sig — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Ukrainian: плу́татися (plútatysja) — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Ukrainian: заплу́туватися (zaplútuvatysja) — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Ukrainian: заплу́татися (zaplútatysja) — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Walloon: s' ecramyî — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Walloon: s' ecomeler — to become mixed together or intertwined
• Bulgarian: забърквам се (zabǎrkvam se) — to be forced into some kind of situation
• Czech: být zatažen do — to be forced into some kind of situation
• Czech: zamotat se do — to be forced into some kind of situation
• Finnish: sotkeutua — to be forced into some kind of situation
• German: sich verstricken — to be forced into some kind of situation
• Greek: μπλέκω (bléko) — to be forced into some kind of situation
• Macedonian: се впле́тка (se vplétka) — to be forced into some kind of situation
• Macedonian: се за́меша (se zámeša) — to be forced into some kind of situation
• Portuguese: envolver — to be forced into some kind of situation
• Russian: впу́тывать (vpútyvatʹ) — to be forced into some kind of situation
• Russian: впу́тать (vpútatʹ) — to be forced into some kind of situation
• Sicilian: ammiscari — to be forced into some kind of situation
• Swedish: bli insnärjd — to be forced into some kind of situation
• Bulgarian: забъ́рквам се (zabǎ́rkvam se) — to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Bulgarian: забъ́ркам се (zabǎ́rkam se) — to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Czech: zaplést se — to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Finnish: riidellä — to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Finnish: tapella — to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• German: sich anlegen mit jmdn. — to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• German: sich verwickeln lassen — to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Macedonian: се впле́тка (se vplétka) — to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Russian: встрева́ть (vstrevátʹ) — to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Russian: встрять (vstrjatʹ) — to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Sicilian: mpacciarisilla — to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Sicilian: cummàttiri — to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Swedish: gräla — to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Swedish: bråka — to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Swedish: tampas — to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• Bulgarian: хващам в мрежа (hvaštam v mreža) — to catch and hold
• Czech: polapit — to catch and hold
• Dutch: verstrikken — to catch and hold
• German: verfangen — to catch and hold
• German: verstricken — to catch and hold
• Portuguese: capturar — to catch and hold
• Portuguese: pegar — to catch and hold
• Swedish: snärja — to catch and hold