wrestle

English

Alternative forms

• wrassle (eye dialect)

Etymology

From Middle English wrestlen, wrastlen (also as wraxlen), from Old English wræstlian, wraxlian (“to contend, wrestle”); corresponding to wrest +‎ -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wrosselje (“to contend, wrestle”), West Frisian wrakselje (“to wrestle”), Middle Dutch wrastelen (“to wrestle”), Middle Low German wrostelen (“to wrestle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛ.səl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛsəl

Noun

wrestle (plural wrestles)

1. A wrestling bout.
2. A struggle.

Translations

wrestling bout

• Finnish: paini (fi), painiottelu
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struggle

• Finnish: paini (fi), kamppailu (fi)
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Verb

1. (intransitive) To contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw, immobilize or otherwise defeat him, depending on the specific rules of the contest
2. (intransitive) To struggle or strive
3. (transitive) To take part in a wrestling match with someone
4. (transitive) To move or lift something with difficulty
5. (transitive) To throw a calf etc in order to brand it
6. (transitive) To fight.
   • 2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 April 2019:

     Tunisia dug in to frustrate England in the second half but [Harry] Kane was the match-winner with a late header from Harry Maguire's flick, justice being done after referee Wilmar Roldan and the video assistant referee (VAR) had failed to spot him being wrestled to the ground twice in the penalty area.

Translations

to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw

• Catalan: lluitar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 摔角 (zh) (shuāijiǎo), 摔跤 (zh) (shuāijiāo), 搏鬥／搏斗 (zh) (bódòu), 搏斗 (zh) (bódòu)

• Czech: zápasit
• Danish: bryde (da)
• Dutch: worstelen (nl)
• Finnish: painia (fi)
• French: lutter (fr)
• Galician: loitar
• German: ringen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: παλαίω (palaíō)

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• Japanese: 格闘する (ja) (かくとうする, kakutō suru)
• Latin: luctor
• Maori: whātōtō
• Norwegian: bryte (no)
• Portuguese: lutar (pt)
• Russian: боро́ться (ru) impf (borótʹsja), поборо́ться (ru) impf (poborótʹsja)
• Serbo-Croatian: rvati (sh)
• Spanish: luchar (es)
• Swedish: brotta (sv)
• Tibetan: ཨབ་ཐང་ཚད (ab thang tshad), སྦེ་ག་ཚད (sbe ga tshad)
• Vietnamese: vật (vi)
• West Frisian: wrakselje

to struggle or strive

• Finnish: painia (fi), kamppailla (fi)
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• Galician: loitar

to take part in wrestling match

• Finnish: painia (fi)
• Galician: loitar
• Persian: کشتی گرفتن (fa) (košti gereftan)
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• Portuguese: combater (pt)

to move or lift with difficulty

• Finnish: punnertaa (fi)
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to throw an animal for branding

• Finnish: kaataa (fi)
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to fight

• Finnish: painia (fi), tapella (fi)
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Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} אבק (he) (âbak)
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Anagrams

• Lewters, Welters, swelter, welters