It took Tom ages to untangle his fishing line.
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Untangle
//ʌnˈtæŋ.ɡəl//
Synonyms for "untangle" (109 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (54)
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Translations
23 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- оправям нещо объркано verb (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle)
Catalan
1 entries- desembullar verb (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle)
Czech
2 entries- rozmotat verb (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle)
- rozuzlovat verb (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle)
French
4 entries- débrouiller verb (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle)
- démêler verb (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle)
- dénatter verb (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle)
- dénouer verb (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle)
Galician
1 entries- escarpear verb (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle)
German
1 entries- entwirren verb (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle)
Hungarian
1 entries- kibogoz verb (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle)
Italian
1 entries- sgrovigliare verb (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle)
Latin
1 entries- expediō verb (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle)
Māori
2 entries- ui verb (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle)
- wete verb (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle)
Oromo
1 entries- hiikuu verb (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle)
Polish
4 entries- odplatać verb (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle)
- odpleść verb (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle)
- rozplątać verb (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle)
- rozplątywać verb (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle)
Portuguese
1 entries- desembaraçar verb (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle)
Spanish
2 entries- desenmarañar verb (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle)
- desenredar verb (to remove tangles or knots — see also disentangle)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
I untangle my hair monthly.
Source: tatoeba (9145824)
I can't untangle my hair.
Source: tatoeba (10220147)
This knot is impossible to untangle.
Source: tatoeba (10891095)
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