grapple

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈgræpəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈgræpəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(grapəl)

Inflections of 'grapple' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
grapples
v 3rd person singular
grappling
v pres p
grappled
v past
grappled
v past p
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grapple vi (wrestle, fight)luchar vi
  pelear vi
  forcejear vi
 He and his brother were grappling on the muddy ground.
 Él y su hermano estaban luchando en el lodo.
grapple with [sb/sth] vi + prep (wrestle, fight with)luchar con, luchar contra vi + prep
  forcejear con vi + prep
 Horace grappled with his opponent in the wrestling ring.
 The police officers grappled with the protesters to keep them behind the barrier.
 Horace luchó con su oponente en el cuadrilátero.
 Los policías forcejearon con los manifestantes para mantenerlos detrás de la barrera.
grapple with [sth] vi + prep figurative (struggle with [sth] difficult)luchar con vi + prep
  bregar con vi + prep
  tratar de resolver loc verb
 He's still grappling with French irregular verbs.
 Todavía está luchando con los verbos irregulares del francés.
grapple [sth/sb] vtr (grab hold of [sth/sb])agarrar vtr
  asir vtr
Note: Ante complemento directo de persona debe usarse la preposición «a».
grapple n informal (instance of wrestling)pelea nf
 His grapple with the Men's Champion left Bob with a sprained shoulder.
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'grapple' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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Spanish:

Collocations: in a grapple position, the [fighters, wrestlers] were locked in a grapple, a brief grapple [ensued, took place], more...

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