tangle

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

1. (transitive) To mix together or intertwine.
2. (intransitive) To become mixed together or intertwined.
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
4. (transitive) To catch and hold.

Noun

1. A tangled twisted mass.
2. A complicated or confused state or condition.
3. An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
4. A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
5. A paired helical fragment of tau protein found in a nerve cell and associated with Alzheimer's disease.
6. A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.
2. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.
3. (Scotland, countable, uncountable) Any long hanging thing, even a lanky person.

Concetti

groviglio

aggrovigliare

ingarbugliare

imbrogliare

garbuglio

avviluppamento

arruffare

imbroglio

intrico

impaniare

ingarbugliarsi

intrecciare

intricare

inviluppamento

inviluppo

ragnatela

scarmigliare

viluppo

scarruffare

confusione

avviticchiamento

nodo

🪢

trascinare

aggrovigliamento

avviluppare

disordine

gomitolo

groppo

impaccio

Opposto di

untangle, unsnarl

sinonimi

snarl

chaos

muddle

knot

🪢

entanglement

entangle

confusion

mess

confuse

dishevel

tousle

mat

complication

ravel

embroil

involve

complicate

jumble

get twisted

tangle up

maze

thicket

disarrange

difficulties

become tangled

twist

get tangled up

agitate

trouble

sweep

clutter

sweep up

snare

drag in

drag

mix up

disrupt

muss

kink

complicated

obfuscate

disorder

complexify

disarray

commix

blend

derange

commingle

fox

🦊

conspiracy

Traduzioni

warboel

maraña

warnet

verwikkeling

emaranhar

Gewirr

Wirrwarr

enredo

enchevêtre

enredar

μπερδεύω

warwinkel

wirwar

Durcheinander

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈtæŋ.ɡl̩/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: tanglen

Affine svedese: taggla

Affine norse antico: þǫngull

Affine norvegese: tongul

Affine faroese: tongul

Affine islandese: þöngull

In summary

From Middle English tanglen, probably of North Germanic origin, compare Swedish taggla (“to disorder”), Old Norse þǫngull, þang (“tangle; seaweed”), see Etymology 2 below.