A sprain like this should heal within a week or so.
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Sprain
//spɹeɪn//
Synonyms for "sprain" (66 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (33)
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Translations
90 translations across 36 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- swik verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
- verstuit verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- στρέμμα noun (act or result of spraining)
Arabic
1 entries- اِلْتِوَاء noun (act or result of spraining)
Belarusian
4 entries- расцягне́нне noun (act or result of spraining)
- расцяжэ́нне noun (act or result of spraining)
- расьцягне́ньне noun (act or result of spraining)
- расьцяжэ́ньне noun (act or result of spraining)
Bulgarian
4 entries- изкъ́лчване noun (act or result of spraining)
- навя́хване noun (act or result of spraining)
- изкълчвам verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
- навяхвам verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
Catalan
2 entries- esquinç noun (act or result of spraining)
- torçada noun (act or result of spraining)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 扭傷 /扭伤 noun (act or result of spraining)
- 扭傷 /扭伤 verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
Czech
4 entries- podvrtnutí noun (act or result of spraining)
- vyvrtnutí noun (act or result of spraining)
- výron (kotníku) noun (act or result of spraining)
- zvrtnutí noun (act or result of spraining)
Danish
2 entries- forstuvning noun (act or result of spraining)
- forstuve verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
Dutch
2 entries- verstuiking noun (act or result of spraining)
- verstuiken verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
Finnish
4 entries- nyrjähdys noun (act or result of spraining)
- venähdys noun (act or result of spraining)
- nyrjähtää verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
- nyrjäyttää verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
French
2 entries- entorse noun (act or result of spraining)
- se fouler verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
Galician
4 entries- escordar verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
- esnogar verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
- estordegar verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
- torcer verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
German
2 entries- Verstauchung noun (act or result of spraining)
- verstauchen verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
Greek
1 entries- διάστρεμμα noun (act or result of spraining)
Hebrew
1 entries- נָקַע verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
Hindi
1 entries- मोच noun (act or result of spraining)
Hungarian
2 entries- rándulás noun (act or result of spraining)
- megrándít verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
Irish
1 entries- leon verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
Italian
3 entries- contorsione noun (act or result of spraining)
- slogatura noun (act or result of spraining)
- slogare verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
Japanese
3 entries- 捻挫 noun (act or result of spraining)
- 挫く verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
- 捻挫する verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
Korean
2 entries- 염좌 noun (act or result of spraining)
- 삐다 verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
Māori
2 entries- takoki verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
- tanuku verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- forstuelse noun (act or result of spraining)
- strekk noun (act or result of spraining)
Polish
4 entries- skręcenie noun (act or result of spraining)
- zwichnięcie noun (act or result of spraining)
- skręcić verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
- zwichnąć verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
Portuguese
3 entries- torcedura noun (act or result of spraining)
- torção noun (act or result of spraining)
- torcer verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
Romanian
1 entries- entorsă noun (act or result of spraining)
Russian
3 entries- растяже́ние noun (act or result of spraining)
- растя́гивать verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
- растяну́ть verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- snìomh noun (act or result of spraining)
Slovak
1 entries- podvrtnutie noun (act or result of spraining)
Slovene
2 entries- zvin noun (act or result of spraining)
- zviti si verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
Spanish
4 entries- desguince noun (act or result of spraining)
- esguince noun (act or result of spraining)
- torcedura noun (act or result of spraining)
- distender verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
Swedish
1 entries- stuka verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
Tagalog
1 entries- malisok verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
Tamil
2 entries- சுளுக்கு noun (act or result of spraining)
- சுளுக்கு verb (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle)
Ukrainian
1 entries- розтя́гнення noun (act or result of spraining)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
You're going to fall and sprain your ankle wearing sandals with such huge platforms.
Source: tatoeba (66890)
If I tried to wear shoes with heels that high, I'd sprain my ankle.
Source: tatoeba (66937)
Tom didn't just sprain his ankle. He broke three of his toes.
Source: tatoeba (2639677)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.