wrestle

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛsl̩/
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• General-American: /ˈɹɛs(ə)l/
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• rhymes with -ɛsəl
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• CMU ARPABET: R EH1 S AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The verb is derived from Middle English wrestlen, wrastlen (“to engage in grappling combat or sport, struggle, wrestle; to twist and turn, squirm, wriggle, writhe; (figurative) to contend, grapple with, struggle”), from Old English wrǣstlian (“to wrestle”), a frequentative form of wrǣstan (“to twist, wrest”), from Proto-Germanic *wraistijaną (“to turn; to twist, wrest”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist”). By surface analysis, wrest + -le (frequentative suffix). Probably related to wraxle (UK, dialectal, archaic). The noun is derived from the verb. cognates * Middle Dutch worstelen, wrastelen (“to wrestle”) (modern Dutch worstelen) * Middle Low German wrostelen (“to wrestle”) (German Low German frösseln, wrösseln) * Saterland Frisian wrosselje (“to contend, wrestle”) * West Frisian wrakselje (“to wrestle”)

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: борба (borba) — fight or struggle between people during which they grapple or otherwise contend with each other in order to throw or force their opponent to the ground
• Finnish: paini — fight or struggle between people during which they grapple or otherwise contend with each other in order to throw or force their opponent to the ground
• Finnish: painiottelu — fight or struggle between people during which they grapple or otherwise contend with each other in order to throw or force their opponent to the ground
• Greek: πάλη (páli) — fight or struggle between people during which they grapple or otherwise contend with each other in order to throw or force their opponent to the ground
• Bulgarian: борба (borba) — situation in which people compete with each other — see also contest, struggle
• Finnish: kamppailu — situation in which people compete with each other — see also contest, struggle
• Finnish: paini — situation in which people compete with each other — see also contest, struggle
• Finnish: kamppailu — action of contending or struggling
• Bulgarian: боря се (borja se) — (transitive) to take part in (a wrestling bout or match)
• Finnish: painia — (transitive) to take part in (a wrestling bout or match)
• Galician: loitar — (transitive) to take part in (a wrestling bout or match)
• Persian: کشتی گرفتن (košti gereftan) — (transitive) to take part in (a wrestling bout or match)
• Portuguese: combater — (transitive) to take part in (a wrestling bout or match)
• Urdu: کشتی لڑنا (kušti laṛnā) — (transitive) to take part in (a wrestling bout or match)
• Finnish: vääntää — (transitive) to contend with or move (someone) into or out of a position by grappling; to overcome (someone) by grappling
• Finnish: kamppailla — (transitive) to contend with or move (someone) into or out of a position by grappling; to overcome (someone) by grappling
• Bulgarian: боря се (borja se) — (transitive) to move or manipulate (something) using physical effort, usually with some difficulty or opposition; (intransitive) to move or manipulate something using physical effort
• Finnish: punnertaa — (transitive) to move or manipulate (something) using physical effort, usually with some difficulty or opposition; (intransitive) to move or manipulate something using physical effort
• Bulgarian: боря се (borja se) — (transitive) to engage in (a contest or struggle)
• Esperanto: lukti — (transitive) to engage in (a contest or struggle)
• Finnish: kamppailla — (transitive) to engage in (a contest or struggle)
• Finnish: painia — (transitive) to engage in (a contest or struggle)
• French: lutter — (transitive) to engage in (a contest or struggle)
• Galician: loitar — (transitive) to engage in (a contest or struggle)
• Finnish: kaataa — To throw down (a calf or other livestock animal) for branding
• Arabic: صَارَعَ (ṣāraʕa) — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Bulgarian: боря се (borja se) — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Catalan: lluitar — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Cebuano: dumog — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Chinese Mandarin: 搏鬥 /搏斗 (bódòu) — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Chinese Mandarin: 摔跤 (shuāijiāo) — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Chinese Mandarin: 摔角 (shuāijiǎo) — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Czech: zápasit — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Danish: bryde — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Dutch: worstelen — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Esperanto: lukti — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Finnish: painia — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• French: lutter — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• West-Frisian: wrakselje — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Galician: loitar — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• German: ringen — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Greek: παλεύω (palévo) — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Ancient Greek: παλαίω (palaíō) — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Hungarian: birkózik — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Ibanag: gabbu — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Ilocano: aggabbo — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Indonesian: bergulat — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Indonesian: gulat — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Isnag: xabbo — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Japanese: 格闘する (kakutō suru) — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Latin: luctor — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Malay: gusti — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Malay: bergusti — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Māori: whātōtō — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Norwegian Bokmål: bryte — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bryta — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Portuguese: lutar — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Romanian: lupta — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Russian: боро́ться (borótʹsja) — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Russian: поборо́ться (poborótʹsja) — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Russian: поборо́ться (poborótʹsja) — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Russian: боро́ться (borótʹsja) — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Serbo-Croatian: р̀вати — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Serbo-Croatian: r̀vati — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Spanish: luchar — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Swedish: brotta — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Tagalog: buno — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Tagalog: ibuno — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Thai: ปล้ํา (bplâm) — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Tibetan: ཨབ་ཐང་ཚད (ab thang tshad) — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Tibetan: སྦེ་ག་ཚད (sbe ga tshad) — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Turkish: güreşmek — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Vietnamese: vật — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Waray-Waray: dulong — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
• Zazaki: têmane kerden — (intransitive) to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat