Your culture deems that sexuality is unintelligent. I come from a different culture, in which intellectuality may entangle with lust.
Source: tatoeba (10687365)
Entangle
//ɪnˈtæŋ.ɡəl//
Synonyms for "entangle" (191 found)
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Strong matches (57)
Related words (95)
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Translations
74 translations across 21 languages.
Azerbaijani
4 entries- calamaq verb (involve in difficulties)
- qarışdırmaq verb (involve in difficulties)
- qatmaq verb (involve in difficulties)
- qoşmaq verb (involve in difficulties)
Bulgarian
1 entries- вплитам verb (twist or interweave)
Catalan
1 entries- enredar verb (involve in complications)
Czech
3 entries- zaplést verb (twist or interweave)
- zaplést verb (involve in complications)
- zapříst verb (involve in complications)
Danish
2 entries- forvikle verb (involve in complications)
- indvikle verb (twist or interweave)
Dutch
4 entries- verknopen verb (twist or interweave)
- verstrengelen verb (twist or interweave)
- verstrikken verb (involve in complications)
- verwarren verb (twist or interweave)
Finnish
4 entries- kietoa verb (twist or interweave)
- kietoa verb (involve in complications)
- kietoa verb (involve in difficulties)
- sotkea verb (involve in complications)
French
3 entries- empêtrer verb (twist or interweave)
- intriquer verb (twist or interweave)
- tortiller verb (twist or interweave)
Galician
4 entries- embrollar verb (twist or interweave)
- embrollar verb (involve in complications)
- embrollar verb (involve in difficulties)
- enredar verb (twist or interweave)
German
1 entries- verwickeln verb (twist or interweave)
Italian
3 entries- confondere verb (twist or interweave)
- ingarbugliare verb (twist or interweave)
- intrigare verb (twist or interweave)
Latin
2 entries- illaqueō verb (involve in complications)
- obrētiō verb (twist or interweave)
Lithuanian
2 entries- įpainioti verb (involve in complications)
- įpainioti verb (involve in difficulties)
Māori
2 entries- rore verb (twist or interweave)
- rore verb (involve in difficulties)
Norwegian
1 entries- innvikle verb (twist or interweave)
Polish
4 entries- oplątać verb (twist or interweave)
- oplątywać verb (twist or interweave)
- splątać verb (twist or interweave)
- splątywać verb (twist or interweave)
Romanian
4 entries- a vârî în bucluc verb (involve in complications)
- zăpăci verb (twist or interweave)
- încurca verb (twist or interweave)
- încurca verb (involve in complications)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- amail verb (twist or interweave)
- amail verb (involve in complications)
- amail verb (involve in difficulties)
Slovak
4 entries- dopliesť verb (involve in complications)
- popliesť verb (involve in complications)
- zamotať verb (twist or interweave)
- zapliesť verb (twist or interweave)
Spanish
3 entries- enmarañar verb (involve in difficulties)
- enredar verb (twist or interweave)
- intrincar verb (involve in complications)
Turkish
2 entries- dolanmak verb (twist or interweave)
- takılmak verb (twist or interweave)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Plastic bags blemish rural and urban scenery, damage ground water and soils, and choke livestock and fish, entangle birds and threaten animals in general.
Source: tatoeba (11443171)
The dolphins became entangled in a fishing net.
Source: wiktionary
But when I turn away, / Thou, willing me to stay, / Wooest not, nor vainly wranglest; / But, looking fixedly the while, / All my bounding heart entanglest, / In a golden-netted smile; […]
Source: wiktionary
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