To begin with, we must tackle the problem.
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Tackle
//ˈtækəl//
Synonyms for "tackle" (297 found)
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Translations
101 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عَالَجَ verb (to face or deal with)
Bulgarian
3 entries- такъми noun (fishing: angling gear)
- шпагат noun (sports: attempt to take control over the ball)
- справям се verb (to face or deal with)
Catalan
3 entries- entrada noun (sports: attempt to take control over the ball)
- placatge noun (American football, rugby: play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground)
- placar verb (rugby, American football: to bring a ball carrier to the ground)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 釣具 /钓具 noun (fishing: angling gear)
- 鏟球 /铲球 verb (sports: to attempt to take away a ball)
Cornish
1 entries- takla verb (sports: to attempt to take away a ball)
Czech
4 entries- náčiní noun (fishing: angling gear)
- skládka noun (American football, rugby: play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground)
- chopit se (čeho) verb (to face or deal with)
- obírat o míč verb (sports: to attempt to take away a ball)
Danish
2 entries- tackling noun (sports: attempt to take control over the ball)
- takling noun (sports: attempt to take control over the ball)
Dutch
3 entries- sliding noun (sports: attempt to take control over the ball)
- tackle noun (sports: attempt to take control over the ball)
- aanpakken verb (to face or deal with)
Faroese
2 entries- takkling noun (sports: attempt to take control over the ball)
- takkla verb (sports: to attempt to take away a ball)
Finnish
4 entries- hyökkäävä linjamies noun (American football: person playing offensive tackle)
- onkivehkeet noun (fishing: angling gear)
- puolustava linjamies noun (American football: person playing defensive tackle)
- taklaus noun (sports: attempt to take control over the ball)
French
4 entries- tacle m plaquage noun (sports: attempt to take control over the ball)
- affronter verb (to face or deal with)
- combattre verb (to face or deal with)
- plaquer verb (rugby, American football: to bring a ball carrier to the ground)
Galician
4 entries- aparello noun (fishing: angling gear)
- entrada noun (sports: attempt to take control over the ball)
- sachada noun (sports: attempt to take control over the ball)
- abordar verb (to face or deal with)
Georgian
1 entries- შებრძოლება verb (to face or deal with)
German
4 entries- Angel noun (fishing: angling gear)
- Tackling noun (sports: attempt to take control over the ball)
- angehen verb (to face or deal with)
- in Angriff nehmen verb (to face or deal with)
Greek
1 entries- αντιμετωπίζω verb (to face or deal with)
Hungarian
4 entries- szerelés noun (sports: attempt to take control over the ball)
- földre szorít verb (to force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body)
- megbirkózik verb (to face or deal with)
- megküzd verb (to face or deal with)
Italian
4 entries- placcaggio noun (sports: attempt to take control over the ball)
- placcaggio noun (American football, rugby: play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground)
- scivolata noun (sports: attempt to take control over the ball)
- tackle noun (sports: attempt to take control over the ball)
Macedonian
1 entries- се спра́ви verb (to face or deal with)
Māori
1 entries- rutu verb (rugby, American football: to bring a ball carrier to the ground)
Polish
3 entries- radzić sobie verb (to face or deal with)
- stawiać czoła verb (to face or deal with)
- zmagać się verb (to face or deal with)
Portuguese
3 entries- desarme noun (sports: attempt to take control over the ball)
- combater verb (to face or deal with)
- enfrentar verb (to face or deal with)
Russian
2 entries- боро́ться verb (to face or deal with)
- преодолева́ть verb (to face or deal with)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pribor za pecanje noun (fishing: angling gear)
- ribarski pribor noun (fishing: angling gear)
- latiti se verb (to face or deal with)
- prionuti verb (to face or deal with)
Spanish
4 entries- aparejo noun (fishing: angling gear)
- entrada noun (sports: attempt to take control over the ball)
- equipo noun (fishing: angling gear)
- jarcia noun (fishing: angling gear)
Swedish
3 entries- tackling noun (sports: attempt to take control over the ball)
- angripa verb (to face or deal with)
- tackla verb (sports: to attempt to take away a ball)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Sooner or later, we'll have to tackle the problem in earnest.
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It's only manners to tackle all out a game that they have gone all out in creating. Pressing the pause button is just rude!
Source: tatoeba (328202)
The whole world needs to tackle the problem of climate change together.
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