wrangle

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (transitive) To convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending.
2. (transitive) Followed by out of: to elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining.
3. (archaic, rare, transitive) To speak or write (something) in an argumentative or contentious manner.
4. (archaic, rare, transitive) To spend (time) arguing or quarrelling.
5. (US, Western, transitive) To herd (horses or other livestock).
6. (US, Western, broadly, humorous, transitive) To herd (horses or other livestock).
7. (US, Western, figuratively, transitive) To herd (horses or other livestock).
8. (obsolete, transitive) Followed by out of: to compel or drive (someone or something) away through arguing.
9. (obsolete, transitive) Followed by out: to put forward arguments on (a case, a matter disagreed upon, etc.).
10. (obsolete, reflexive, transitive) To cause (oneself) grief through arguing or quarrelling.
11. (also, figuratively, intransitive) To quarrel angrily and noisily; to bicker.
12. (intransitive) To make harsh noises as if quarrelling.
13. (also, figuratively, intransitive) To argue, to debate; also (dated), to debate or discuss publicly, especially about a thesis at a university.

Noun

1. (countable) An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; an altercation.
2. (uncountable) Angry disputation; noisy quarrelling.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A contentious argument or response.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A controversy.

Conceptes

baralla

barallar-se

brega

batussa

regateig

discutir-se

renyina

Sinònims

quarrel

dispute

squabble

brawl

argue

bicker

argument

row

altercation

altercate

controversy

scuffle

contention

scrap

haggle

spat

debate

contest

jangle

disagree

discuss

broil

disputation

bickering

fight

tussle

words

wrangling

haggling

contradict

dustup

argumentation

run-in

have a row

scene

strife

struggle

tend

tilt

ride herd

tumult

wrestle

argle-bargle

argy-bargy

bandy words

be quarrelsome

compete for

negotiate with

rail at

war of words

Traduccions

krakelen

streiten

querelle

ruzie maken

καυγαδίζω

se disputer

çekişmek

kijven

se quereller

Streit

bekvechten

litigare

kiften

sich zanken

φιλονικία

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɹæŋɡl̩/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: wranglen

Cognat amb neerlandès mitjà: wrangen

Cognat amb Middle Low German: wrangen

Cognat amb baix alemany: wrangeln

Cognat amb neerlandès mitjà: wringen

Cognat amb danès: vringle

Cognat amb alemany: rangeln

In summary

The verb is derived from Middle English wranglen, wrangle (“to contend with (someone) in a test of strength; (figuratively) to make misleading arguments to entrap”); from a Middle Dutch or Middle Low German word related to Middle Dutch wrangen and Middle Low German wrangen (“to cause an uproar; to struggle, wrestle”) (whence Low German wrangeln (“to wrangle”)), related to Middle Dutch wringen (“to twist; to wrest; to wring; to struggle, wrestle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wringaną (“to squeeze; to twist; to wring”).
The noun is derived from the verb.
Cognates
* Danish vringle (“to twist, entangle”)
* German rangeln (“to wrestle”)