English → Latin
“entangle” in Latin
implicōto entangle, entwine; to infold, envelop, encircle; to embraceconturbōto confuse, confound; to throw into confusion; to disturb, disquiet; to become bankrupt; to throw accounts into disarray
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
entangle
implicare; in anything, implicare or impedire aliqua re (PROP. and figuratively): illaqueare aliqua re (ensnare in anything): to entangle hair, capillos turbare (general term for putting it in disorder): to be entangled in a law-suit, lite implicari: to entangle one’s self in anything, implicari or se impedire aliqua re: to entangle anybody in his talk, *animum alicujus interrogationibus implicare or conturbare; laqueis insidiosae interrogationis involvere (Plin., Ep., 1, 5, 18). An entangled business, res impedita, contorta; res contorta et difficilis.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for entangle?
- The usual Latin words for “entangle” are implicō, conturbō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.