trouble

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• trŭbʹəl
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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɹʌbəl/
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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈtɹʌbɫ̩]
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• Northern-England: /ˈtɹʊbəl/
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• Northern-England: [ˈtɹʊbɫ̩]
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• Scotland, Wales: /ˈtɾʌbəl/
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• Scotland, Wales: [ˈtɾʌbɫ̩]
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈtɹɐbəl/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈtɹɐbɫ̩]
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• rhymes with -ʌbəl
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Verb is from Middle English troublen, trouble, borrowed from Old French troubler, trobler, trubler, metathetic variants of tourbler, torbler, turbler, from Vulgar Latin *turbulō, from Latin turbula (“disorderly group, a little crowd or people”), diminutive of turba (“stir; crowd”). The noun is from Middle English trouble, troble, from Old French troble, from the verb.

320 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: hall — distressful or dangerous situation
• Albanian: telash — distressful or dangerous situation
• Albanian: barazhgë — distressful or dangerous situation
• Arabic: مُشْكِلَة (muškila) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Arabic: مَتاعِب (matāʕib) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Armenian: նեղություն (neġutʻyun) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Avar: балагь (balah) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Azerbaijani: bəla — distressful or dangerous situation
• Belarusian: бяда́ (bjadá) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Belarusian: непрые́мнасць (njepryjémnascʹ) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Belarusian: непрые́мнасьць (njepryjémnasʹcʹ) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Belarusian: пры́красць (prýkrascʹ) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Belarusian: го́ра (hóra) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Bengali: তকলিফ (tokoliph) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Bhojpuri: दिक्कत (dikkat) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Bulgarian: беда́ (bedá) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Bulgarian: неприя́тност (neprijátnost) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Catalan: problema — distressful or dangerous situation
• Chinese Mandarin: 麻煩 /麻烦 (máfán) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Czech: potíž — distressful or dangerous situation
• Czech: nepříjemnost — distressful or dangerous situation
• Dutch: zorg — distressful or dangerous situation
• Dutch: moeilijkheid — distressful or dangerous situation
• Dutch: moeite — distressful or dangerous situation
• Dutch: last — distressful or dangerous situation
• Finnish: hankaluudet — distressful or dangerous situation
• Finnish: vaikeudet — distressful or dangerous situation
• Finnish: pula — distressful or dangerous situation
• French: peine — distressful or dangerous situation
• Galician: problema — distressful or dangerous situation
• Georgian: გასაჭირი (gasač̣iri) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Georgian: უსიამოვნება (usiamovneba) — distressful or dangerous situation
• German: Ärger — distressful or dangerous situation
• East Central German: Aarchr — distressful or dangerous situation
• Gothic: 𐌳𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌽𐌰 (drōbna) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍉 (aglō) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Greek: μπελάς (belás) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Greek: φασαρία (fasaría) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Greek: ταραχή (tarachí) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Ancient Greek: ἀνία (anía) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Ancient Greek: κακόν (kakón) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Hawaiian: pilikia — distressful or dangerous situation
• Hindi: तकलीफ़ (taklīf) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Hindi: कष्ट (kaṣṭ) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Hindi: दिक़्क़त (diqqat) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Hindi: दिक्कत (dikkat) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Hindi: मुसीबत (musībat) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Hungarian: baj — distressful or dangerous situation
• Hungarian: gond — distressful or dangerous situation
• Irish: trioblóid — distressful or dangerous situation
• Italian: guaio — distressful or dangerous situation
• Italian: problema — distressful or dangerous situation
• Italian: impiccio — distressful or dangerous situation
• Italian: tumulto — distressful or dangerous situation
• Japanese: 揉め事 (momegoto) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Japanese: 厄介事 (yakkaigoto) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Japanese: 迷惑 (meiwaku) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Northern Kurdish: bela — distressful or dangerous situation
• Latin: aerumna — distressful or dangerous situation
• Malayalam: കുഴപ്പം (kuḻappaṁ) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Māori: moho — distressful or dangerous situation
• Māori: māreherehe — distressful or dangerous situation
• Middle English: trouble — distressful or dangerous situation
• Norman: pôïne — distressful or dangerous situation
• Plautdietsch: Ploag — distressful or dangerous situation
• Polish: kłopoty — distressful or dangerous situation
• Polish: bieda — distressful or dangerous situation
• Polish: nieprzyjemność — distressful or dangerous situation
• Polish: przykrość — distressful or dangerous situation
• Portuguese: problema — distressful or dangerous situation
• Portuguese: treta — distressful or dangerous situation
• Portuguese: encrenca — distressful or dangerous situation
• Romanian: necaz — distressful or dangerous situation
• Russian: беда́ (bedá) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Russian: злоключе́ние (zloključénije) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Russian: неприя́тность (neprijátnostʹ) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Russian: го́ре (góre) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Russian: затрудне́ние (zatrudnénije) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Scottish Gaelic: dragh — distressful or dangerous situation
• Scottish Gaelic: èiginn — distressful or dangerous situation
• Scottish Gaelic: buaireas — distressful or dangerous situation
• Scottish Gaelic: teanntachd — distressful or dangerous situation
• Scottish Gaelic: trioblaid — distressful or dangerous situation
• Slovak: nepríjemnosť — distressful or dangerous situation
• Slovak: ťažkosti — distressful or dangerous situation
• Spanish: problema — distressful or dangerous situation
• Spanish: lío — distressful or dangerous situation
• Spanish: embrollo — distressful or dangerous situation
• Spanish: candanga — distressful or dangerous situation
• Talysh: bəlo — distressful or dangerous situation
• Tat: bəla — distressful or dangerous situation
• Telugu: గొడవ (goḍava) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Turkish: bela — distressful or dangerous situation
• Ukrainian: ха́лепа (xálepa) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Ukrainian: хале́па (xalépa) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Ukrainian: біда́ (bidá) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Ukrainian: неприє́мність (nepryjémnistʹ) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Ukrainian: при́крість (prýkristʹ) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Ukrainian: го́ре (hóre) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Urdu: تکلیف (taklīf) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Urdu: کشٹ (kaṣṭ) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Urdu: بلا (bela) — distressful or dangerous situation
• Belarusian: ця́жкасць (cjážkascʹ) — difficulty
• Bulgarian: затрудне́ние (zatrudnénie) — difficulty
• Catalan: problema — difficulty
• Chinese Mandarin: 困难 (kùnnán) — difficulty
• Chinese Mandarin: 困難 /困难 (kùnnán) — difficulty
• Czech: obtížnost — difficulty
• Finnish: hankaluus — difficulty
• Finnish: ongelma — difficulty
• French: mal — difficulty
• French: problème — difficulty
• French: emmerde — difficulty
• Galician: problema — difficulty
• Georgian: გასაჭირი (gasač̣iri) — difficulty
• Georgian: სირთულე (sirtule) — difficulty
• German: Schwierigkeit — difficulty
• Greek: μπελάς (belás) — difficulty
• Hawaiian: pilikia — difficulty
• Hungarian: nehézség — difficulty
• Hungarian: gond — difficulty
• Hungarian: probléma — difficulty
• Hungarian: baj — difficulty
• Irish: trioblóid — difficulty
• Italian: problema — difficulty
• Italian: difficoltà — difficulty
• Italian: dissesto — difficulty
• Japanese: 心配事 (shimpaigoto) — difficulty
• Japanese: 問題 (mondai) — difficulty
• Korean: 문제 (munje) — difficulty
• Korean: 곤란 (gollan) — difficulty
• Latin: difficultās — difficulty
• Malayalam: കുഴപ്പം (kuḻappaṁ) — difficulty
• Malayalam: പ്രശ്നം (praśnaṁ) — difficulty
• Māori: raru — difficulty
• Māori: māreherehe — difficulty
• Māori: moho — difficulty
• Middle English: trouble — difficulty
• Persian: زحمت (zahmat) — difficulty
• Plautdietsch: Ploag — difficulty
• Polish: kłopot — difficulty
• Polish: problem — difficulty
• Polish: trudność — difficulty
• Portuguese: dificuldade — difficulty
• Russian: затрудне́ние (zatrudnénije) — difficulty
• Russian: тру́дность (trúdnostʹ) — difficulty
• Russian: хло́поты (xlópoty) — difficulty
• Scottish Gaelic: duilgheadas — difficulty
• Scottish Gaelic: èiginn — difficulty
• Scottish Gaelic: teanntachd — difficulty
• Scottish Gaelic: trioblaid — difficulty
• Slovak: obtiažnosť — difficulty
• Spanish: dificultad — difficulty
• Spanish: problema — difficulty
• Spanish: dificultades — difficulty
• Spanish: problemas — difficulty
• Spanish: cuita — difficulty
• Swedish: problem — difficulty
• Tajik: заҳмат (zahmat) — difficulty
• Turkish: başağrısı — difficulty
• Turkish: problem — difficulty
• Turkish: sıkıntı — difficulty
• Ukrainian: тру́днощі (trúdnošči) — difficulty
• Vietnamese: rắc rối — difficulty
• Walloon: rujhe — difficulty
• Welsh: trafferth — difficulty
• Catalan: conflicte — violent occurrence
• Chinese Mandarin: 冲突 (chōngtū) — violent occurrence
• Chinese Mandarin: 衝突 /冲突 (chōngtū) — violent occurrence
• Finnish: levottomuudet — violent occurrence
• Finnish: selkkaus — violent occurrence
• Finnish: tappelu — violent occurrence
• Finnish: mekkala — violent occurrence
• French: troubles — violent occurrence
• Galician: problema — violent occurrence
• Greek: φασαρία (fasaría) — violent occurrence
• Greek: ταραχή (tarachí) — violent occurrence
• Hungarian: zavargás — violent occurrence
• Italian: guaio — violent occurrence
• Italian: problema — violent occurrence
• Italian: grana — violent occurrence
• Japanese: 揉め事 (momegoto) — violent occurrence
• Japanese: 厄介事 (yakkaigoto) — violent occurrence
• Portuguese: treta — violent occurrence
• Portuguese: encrenca — violent occurrence
• Russian: беда́ (bedá) — violent occurrence
• Scottish Gaelic: buaireas — violent occurrence
• Azerbaijani: zəhmət — effort
• Bulgarian: уси́лие (usílie) — effort
• Bulgarian: зор (zor) — effort
• Catalan: molèstia — effort
• Finnish: vaiva — effort
• Finnish: vaivannäkö — effort
• German: Anstrengung — effort
• German: Bemühung — effort
• German: Mühe — effort
• Hungarian: fáradság — effort
• Hungarian: fáradozás — effort
• Hungarian: fáradalom — effort
• Hungarian: utánajárás — effort
• Italian: problema — effort
• Italian: impedimento — effort
• Italian: fastidio — effort
• Japanese: 厄介 (yakkai) — effort
• Japanese: 骨折り (honeori) — effort
• Latin: opera — effort
• Latin: molimen — effort
• Persian: زحمت (zahmat) — effort
• Polish: trud — effort
• Russian: труд (trud) — effort
• Russian: уси́лие (usílije) — effort
• Russian: забо́ты (zabóty) — effort
• Russian: хло́поты (xlópoty) — effort
• Spanish: molestia — effort
• Spanish: costo — effort
• Spanish: inconveniente — effort
• Tajik: заҳмат (zahmat) — effort
• Turkish: efor — effort
• Turkish: gayret — effort
• Bulgarian: авария (avarija) — malfunction
• Bulgarian: смущение (smuštenie) — malfunction
• Bulgarian: неизправност (neizpravnost) — malfunction
• Catalan: trastorn — malfunction
• Chinese Mandarin: 故障 (gùzhàng) — malfunction
• Finnish: häiriö — malfunction
• Finnish: ongelma — malfunction
• Galician: problema — malfunction
• German: Störung — malfunction
• Greek: πρόβλημα (próvlima) — malfunction
• Hungarian: zavar — malfunction
• Hungarian: probléma — malfunction
• Hungarian: panasz — malfunction
• Hungarian: betegség — malfunction
• Hungarian: bántalom — malfunction
• Italian: problema — malfunction
• Italian: fastidio — malfunction
• Japanese: 障害 (shōgai) — malfunction
• Japanese: 問題 (mondai) — malfunction
• Russian: непола́дки (nepoládki) — malfunction
• Russian: перебо́й (perebój) — malfunction
• Scottish Gaelic: trioblaid — malfunction
• Turkish: arıza — malfunction
• Walloon: mehin — malfunction
• Catalan: conflicte — liability for punishment
• Finnish: ongelma — liability for punishment
• Finnish: vaikeudet — liability for punishment
• Galician: problema — liability for punishment
• Greek: προβλήματα (provlímata) — liability for punishment
• Italian: guaio — liability for punishment
• Italian: contrasto — liability for punishment
• Italian: intoppo — liability for punishment
• Russian: пробле́мы (problémy) — liability for punishment
• Czech: trápit — to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed
• Middle English: troublen — to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed
• Polish: martwić — to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed
• Spanish: acuitar — to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed
• Spanish: cuitar — to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed
• Spanish: encuitar — to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed
• Ukrainian: турбува́ти (turbuváty) — to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed
• Ukrainian: непоко́їти (nepokójity) — to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed
• Ukrainian: занепоко́їти (zanepokójity) — to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed
• Ukrainian: хвилюва́ти (xvyljuváty) — to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed
• Ukrainian: схвилюва́ти (sxvyljuváty) — to mentally distress; to cause to be anxious or perplexed
• Arabic: كلف (kallif) — to bother; to annoy
• Bulgarian: безпокоя (bezpokoja) — to bother; to annoy
• Bulgarian: тревожа (trevoža) — to bother; to annoy
• Cherokee: ᎠᏕᏯᏙᏗᎭ (adeyadodiha) — to bother; to annoy
• Chinese: 麻煩 /麻烦 (zh-min-nan) — to bother; to annoy
• Chinese: 齪嘈 /龊嘈 (zh-min-nan) — to bother; to annoy
• Chinese Mandarin: 麻煩 /麻烦 (máfán) — to bother; to annoy
• Chinese Mandarin: 騷攪 /骚搅 (sāojiǎo) — to bother; to annoy
• Finnish: vaivata — to bother; to annoy
• French: troubler — to bother; to annoy
• French: déranger — to bother; to annoy
• French: embêter — to bother; to annoy
• German: beunruhigen — to bother; to annoy
• German: belästigen — to bother; to annoy
• German: bekümmern — to bother; to annoy
• Gothic: 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (draibjan) — to bother; to annoy
• Greek: ενοχλώ (enochló) — to bother; to annoy
• Ancient Greek: σκύλλω (skúllō) — to bother; to annoy
• Ancient Greek: ὀχλέω (okhléō) — to bother; to annoy
• Hungarian: zavar — to bother; to annoy
• Hungarian: aggaszt — to bother; to annoy
• Hungarian: fáraszt — to bother; to annoy
• Irish: cráigh — to bother; to annoy
• Italian: esagitare — to bother; to annoy
• Italian: infastidire — to bother; to annoy
• Italian: disturbare — to bother; to annoy
• Italian: agitare — to bother; to annoy
• Japanese: 手数を掛ける (tesū-o kakeru) — to bother; to annoy
• Japanese: 面倒を掛ける (mendō-o kakeru) — to bother; to annoy
• Kabuverdianu: ardiga — to bother; to annoy
• Latvian: traucēt — to bother; to annoy
• Middle English: troublen — to bother; to annoy
• Polish: przeszkadzać — to bother; to annoy
• Polish: dokuczać — to bother; to annoy
• Polish: niepokoić — to bother; to annoy
• Portuguese: incomodar — to bother; to annoy
• Portuguese: irritar — to bother; to annoy
• Portuguese: molestar — to bother; to annoy
• Russian: беспоко́ить (bespokóitʹ) — to bother; to annoy
• Russian: побеспоко́ить (pobespokóitʹ) — to bother; to annoy
• Russian: обеспоко́ить (obespokóitʹ) — to bother; to annoy
• Russian: трево́жить (trevóžitʹ) — to bother; to annoy
• Russian: потрево́жить (potrevóžitʹ) — to bother; to annoy
• Russian: встрево́жить (vstrevóžitʹ) — to bother; to annoy
• Russian: волнова́ть (volnovátʹ) — to bother; to annoy
• Russian: взволнова́ть (vzvolnovátʹ) — to bother; to annoy
• Sanskrit: बाधति (bādhati) — to bother; to annoy
• Scottish Gaelic: buair — to bother; to annoy
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir dragh air — to bother; to annoy
• Spanish: molestar — to bother; to annoy
• Spanish: fastidiar — to bother; to annoy
• Spanish: agobiar — to bother; to annoy
• Spanish: dar cajeta — to bother; to annoy
• Swahili: kusumbua — to bother; to annoy
• Tagalog: istorbo — to bother; to annoy
• Tagalog: pahirapan — to bother; to annoy
• Ukrainian: турбува́ти (turbuváty) — to bother; to annoy