entangle

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (transitive) To tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated.
  2. (transitive) To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult.
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To ensnare.
  4. (transitive) To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder.

Konzepte

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ɪnˈtaŋ.ɡəl/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English entanglen (“to involve [someone] in difficulty”, “to embarrass”). Equivalent to en- + tangle.

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