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Meaning of Paralysis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

pəˈɹæləsəs

Definitions

The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a person's body, such as one or more limbs.
countable, uncountable
A state of being unable to act.
countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الشلل شَلَل فالج فالجي

Azərbaycanca iflic

Bosanski obamrlost uzetost обамрлост узетост

Català paràlisi

Čeština ochrnutí

Dansk lammelse

Deutsch Lähmung Muskellähmung Paralyse

Ελληνικά παράλυση

Esperanto paralizo

Español parálisis

فارسی فلج

Suomi halvaus lama lamaannus lamaantuneisuus paralyysi

Français paralysie

עברית שיתוק

Hrvatski obamrlost uzetost обамрлост узетост

Magyar bénulás paralízis tehetetlenség

Հայերեն կաթվածահարություն

Bahasa Indonesia paralisis

Íslenska lömun

Italiano paralisi

日本語まひ状態麻痺

ქართული დამბლა

Қазақша сал

한국어 마비

Kurdî felc lama

Latina paralysis

Lietuvių paralyžius

Македонски парализа

Монгол саа

Nederlands verlamming

Polski bezwład niemoc obezwładnienie paralityczny paraliż porażenie powietrze

Português paralisia

Română paralizie

Русский парализо́ванность паралич

Српски obamrlost uzetost обамрлост узетост

Svenska förlamning paralys paralysering

తెలుగు పక్షవాతము

ไทย อัมพาต

Türkçe felç inme

Українська грець параліч

اردو فالج

Oʻzbekcha falaj shol

Tiếng Việt liệt 痺

Examples

“The government has been in a paralysis since it lost its majority in the parliament.”

“Until then, the Sunak administration remains a study in ineffectuality on multiple fronts, leading Goldsmith to cite, not unreasonably, “a kind of paralysis”.”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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