garble

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.
2. To make false by mutilation or addition.
3. To corrupt; to make unreadable, incomprehensible, or unintelligible.
4. (obsolete) To sift or bolt; to separate the fine or valuable parts of (something) from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Confused or unintelligible speech.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Refuse; rubbish.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Mutilation.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; garblings.

Conceptes

truncar

Sinònims

distort

falsify

warp

mix up

misrepresent

confuse

twist

pervert

jumble

juggle

doctor

🧑‍⚕️

mull

pick

⛏️

pick out

rig

select

shorten

sophisticate

sort

truncate

twist around

choose

wrench

🔧

adulterate

belie

bust

confounding

contort

convolute

cook

🧑‍🍳

entangle

forge

mangle

Traduccions

διαστρέφω

estropier

truncar

bozmak

αλλοιώνω

bozma

verstümmeln

tronquer

confundir

déformer

dénaturer

barajar

entstellen

tahrif

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɡɑː(ɹ)bəl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: garbelen

In summary

From Middle English garbelen, from Anglo-Norman garbeler (“to sift”), from Medieval Latin garbellare (or a similar Italian word), from Arabic غَرْبَلَ (ḡarbala, “to sift”).