disentangle

[US]/ˌdɪsɪnˈtæŋɡl/
[UK]/ˌdɪsɪnˈtæŋɡl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. desenredar complicações, libertar de emaranhados.
Word Forms
Terceira pessoa do singulardisentangles
Gerúndiodisentangling
Passado simplesdisentangled
Particípio passadodisentangled
Pluraldisentangles

Example Sentences

to disentangle a knot

desatar um nó

disentangle truth from falsehood

desvendar a verdade da falsidade

disentangle a complicated knot

desatar um nó complicado

it became more and more difficult to disentangle fact from prejudice.

tornou-se cada vez mais difícil distinguir fato de preconceito.

The fish disentangled itself from the net.

O peixe se desatou da rede.

He disentangled his overcoat from the coat-hanger.

Ele desatou seu casaco do cabide.

disentangled the oar from the water lilies;

desatou a remada dos nenúfares;

Real-world Examples

Its propeller had been disentangled but was barely put to use.

Seu hélice havia sido desatado, mas mal foi usado.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

However, in aging science, we actually think that we can disentangle chronological time from biological aging.

No entanto, na ciência do envelhecimento, na verdade, acreditamos que podemos separar o tempo cronológico do envelhecimento biológico.

Source: Connection Magazine

But these fears were hard to disentangle.

Mas esses medos eram difíceis de separar.

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

Harry disentangled himself from Ron and got to his feet.

Harry se desatou de Rony e se levantou.

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

" Permit me, " he said bending over and disentangling the flounce.

" Permita-me", disse ele, abaixando-se e desatando a babado.

Source: Gone with the Wind

" Hagrid! " he panted, disentangling himself from the hedgerow into which he had fallen.

" Hagrid! " ele ofegou, se desatando do cercado em que havia caído.

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

And thank God, I don't have to be the one to disentangle that issue.

E graças a Deus, não preciso ser eu quem resolver essa questão.

Source: Listen to this 3 Advanced English Listening

By no conceivable process, therefore, could America be disentangled from the web of world affairs.

Por nenhum processo concebível, portanto, a América poderia ser separada da teia de assuntos mundiais.

Source: American history

He and George disentangled the string and separated five Extendable Ears from each other. Fred and George handed them around.

Ele e George desataram a corda e separaram cinco Orelhas Extensíveis uns dos outros. Fred e George as entregaram.

Source: 5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

While Robinson was disentangling it, Stumpy came out.

Enquanto Robinson o desatava, Stumpy saiu.

Source: Peter Rabbit and His Friends (Part 2)

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