entangle

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

empêtrer

embrouiller

entortiller

embrouille

emmêler

enchevêtrer

entraver

envelopper

impliquer

lacer

emberlificoter

intriquer

prendre au filet

s’empêtrer

tortiller

bourbe

être emmêlé

compliquer

couvrir

Synonymes

involve

ensnare

tangle

entwine

implicate

enmesh

snarl

embroil

tangle up

complicate

mat

catch

confuse

mire

mull

muss

get tangled

get tangled up

net

perplex

cover

puzzle

concern

inveigle

knot

🪢

bedevil

entrap

trap

🪤

interlace

twist

web

dishevel

mix up

coil

mud

mystify

play false

pleach

puddle

ravel

refer

roil

shake up

snarl up

snow

❄️

stick

tie

tie up

touch

tousle

Traductions

enredar

verwickeln

verwarren

verstrikken

🪤

ingarbugliare

embrollar

verwikkelen

betrekken

impigliare

intrappolare

🪤

enredar

enredar

embolicar

verwirren

confondere

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪnˈtaŋ.ɡəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: entanglen

In summary

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