I'm not sure what's the best way to disentangle this.
Source: tatoeba (2054111)
Disentangle
/[ˌdɪsɪnˈtæŋɡəɫ]/
Synonyms for "disentangle" (163 found)
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Strong matches (49)
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28 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- размотавам verb (extricate — see also untangle)
- разплитам verb (extricate — see also untangle)
Catalan
1 entries- desembullar verb (extricate — see also untangle)
Finnish
2 entries- irrottaa verb (extricate — see also untangle)
- vapauttaa verb (extricate — see also untangle)
French
1 entries- démêler verb (extricate — see also untangle)
Greek
2 entries- ξεμπερδεύω verb (extricate — see also untangle)
- ξεμπλέκω verb (extricate — see also untangle)
Italian
3 entries- disimbrogliare verb (extricate — see also untangle)
- districare verb (extricate — see also untangle)
- sbrogliare verb (extricate — see also untangle)
Latin
1 entries- extrīcō verb (extricate — see also untangle)
Māori
2 entries- ui verb (extricate — see also untangle)
- wete verb (extricate — see also untangle)
Occitan
2 entries- desnosar verb (extricate — see also untangle)
- destrenar verb (extricate — see also untangle)
Polish
4 entries- odplatać verb (extricate — see also untangle)
- odpleść verb (extricate — see also untangle)
- rozplątać verb (extricate — see also untangle)
- rozplątywać verb (extricate — see also untangle)
Portuguese
1 entries- desembaraçar verb (extricate — see also untangle)
Russian
4 entries- выпутывать verb (extricate — see also untangle)
- высвобождать verb (extricate — see also untangle)
- распутаться verb (extricate — see also untangle)
- распутывать verb (extricate — see also untangle)
Spanish
1 entries- desenredar verb (extricate — see also untangle)
Telugu
1 entries- చిక్కుదీయు verb (extricate — see also untangle)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Mary tried to disentangle her jewelry.
Source: tatoeba (10797722)
The detective tried to disentangle fact from fiction.
Source: tatoeba (10797723)
I had to disentangle him from his own shoelaces.
Source: wiktionary
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