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Meaning of Wrestling | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard

ˈɹɛs.l̩.ɪŋ

Definitions

A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.
countable, uncountable
Ellipsis of professional wrestling (“act that emulates the sport of wrestling”).
abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
A wrestling match.
countable, dated
The act of one who wrestles; a struggle to achieve something.
countable

Equivalents

العربية المصارعة مصارعة

Azərbaycanca güləş

Български борба

བོད་སྐད སྦེ་ག ཨབ་ཐང

Bosanski hrvački hrvački rvački rvački борба рвачки рвачки хрвачки хрвачки

Català lluita

Čeština zápas

Dansk brydning

Deutsch Ringen Ringkampf

Ελληνικά πάλη

Español lucha lucha libre pressing catch

فارسی کشتی

Suomi paini painiminen painiskelu showpaini

Français catch lutte

Gaeilge coraíocht iomrascáil

Galego loita

हिन्दी कुश्ती पहलवानी मल्लयुद्ध

Hrvatski hrvački hrvački rvački rvački борба рвачки рвачки хрвачки хрвачки

Magyar birkózás

Հայերեն ըմբշամարտ

Bahasa Indonesia gulat gusti

Italiano lotta wrestling

日本語レスリング

Қазақша күрес

한국어 레슬링

Kurdî gulat

Кыргызча күрөш

Latina luctatio

മലയാളം ഗുസ്തി മൽപ്പിടുത്തം

Монгол бөх

Bahasa Melayu gusti

Nederlands worstelen

Polski wrestling zapaśniczy zapasy

Português luta

Română luptă

Русский борьба

සිංහල පොරය

Shqip mundje

Српски hrvački hrvački rvački rvački борба рвачки рвачки хрвачки хрвачки

Svenska brottning

Kiswahili mieleka

ไทย มวยปล้ำ

Türkmençe göreş

Tagalog buno pagbubuno

Türkçe güreş

Українська боротьба

اردو کشتی کشتی بازی

Tiếng Việt đấu vật vật

Yorùbá gídígbò

Examples

“[…] and the modern reader, who finds that races, boxing-matches, and wrestlings do in truth supply the chief occasions of Pindar's poetry […]”

“I'd count not wearisome / Long toil, nor enterprise, / But strain to reach it; aye, with wrestlings stout / And hopes that even in the dark will grow[…]”

CEFR level

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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