wrestle

lottare

Combattere afferrando, spingendo e tirando un’altra persona, anche per sport o per gioco.

In inglese semplice: To fight by holding, pushing, and pulling someone, often as a sport or for fun.

• The boys wrestled on the grass.
• She wrestles for her school team.
• Have you ever wrestled with your brother?

Come si usa: wrestle with someone (The guard wrestled with the intruder.)

Sinonimi: grapple

Espressioni comuni: wrestle with someone, wrestle someone, wrestle for fun, wrestle professionally

spostare a forza, maneggiare con fatica

Spostare o controllare qualcosa di difficile da maneggiare spingendo o tirando con forza.

In inglese semplice: To move or control something by pushing or pulling hard, especially when it is difficult.

• We wrestled the sofa upstairs.
• She wrestled the heavy bag into the car.
• He wrestled the stick away from the dog.

Come si usa: wrestle something into/out of something (We wrestled the wardrobe out of the bedroom.); wrestle something away from someone (She wrestled the keys away from him.)

Sinonimi: manhandle, heave

Espressioni comuni: wrestle something upstairs, wrestle something open, wrestle something away

lotta, zuffa

Scontro in cui le persone si afferrano, si spingono e si tirano, a volte per gioco.

In inglese semplice: A fight in which people hold, push, and pull each other, sometimes for fun.

• The children had a playful wrestle.
• He hurt his arm during a wrestle with his brother.
• Their wrestle ended when both boys started laughing.

Sinonimi: tussle, scuffle

Espressioni comuni: have a wrestle, playful wrestle, wrestle with someone