Sprain — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments

twist suddenly so as to sprain

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/spɹˈeɪn/

🇬🇧British English

/spɹˈeɪn/

🇮🇳Indian English

/spɹˈeɪn/

1 syllable Say it as /spɹˈeɪn/.

Examples

wrench one's ankle
The wrestler twisted his shoulder
the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

turn wrench rick wrick twist

Parts of Speech

noun	a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments
verb	twist suddenly so as to sprain “wrench one's ankle”

Word Forms

sprain	verb	twist suddenly so as to sprain
twist	noun	a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
sprain	noun	a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments
wrench	noun	a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
wrick	noun	a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
rick	noun	a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Verstauchung

eine schmerzhafte Verletzung eines Gelenks, die durch eine plötzliche Zerrung seiner Bänder verursacht wird

🇫🇷French

entorse

une blessure douloureuse à une articulation causée par une déchirure soudaine de ses ligaments

🇪🇸Spanish

esguince

una lesión dolorosa en una articulación causada por un desgarro repentino de sus ligamentos

🇮🇹Italian

distorsione

una lesione dolorosa a un'articolazione causata da uno strappo improvviso dei suoi legamenti

🇳🇱Dutch

verstuiking

een pijnlijke verwonding aan een gewricht veroorzaakt door een plotselinge wringing van de ligamenten

🇵🇹Portuguese

entorse

uma lesão dolorosa em uma articulação causada por uma ruptura repentina de seus ligamentos

🇷🇺Russian

растяжение связок

болезненное повреждение сустава, вызванное внезапным разрывом его связок

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मोच

किसी जोड़ में उसके स्नायुबंधन के अचानक सिकुड़ने से होने वाली दर्दनाक चोट

🇧🇩Bengali

মোচ

একটি জয়েন্টে একটি বেদনাদায়ক আঘাত যা তার লিগামেন্টগুলির আকস্মিক আঘাতের কারণে ঘটে

🇮🇳Tamil

சுளுக்கு

அதன் தசைநார்கள் திடீரென விறைப்பதால் மூட்டுக்கு ஏற்படும் வலிமிகுந்த காயம்

🇮🇳Telugu

బెణుకు

దాని స్నాయువులు అకస్మాత్తుగా వ్రేలాడదీయడం వల్ల కీలుకు బాధాకరమైన గాయం

🇮🇳Marathi

मोच

अस्थिबंधन अचानक मुरगळल्यामुळे झालेल्या सांध्याला वेदनादायक इजा

🇮🇳Gujarati

મચકોડ

સાંધામાં દુઃખદાયક ઈજા તેના અસ્થિબંધન અચાનક કરડવાથી થાય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಉಳುಕು

ಅದರ ಅಸ್ಥಿರಜ್ಜುಗಳ ಹಠಾತ್ ಹಿಂಡುವಿಕೆಯಿಂದ ಉಂಟಾಗುವ ಜಂಟಿಗೆ ನೋವಿನ ಗಾಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഉളുക്ക്

അസ്ഥിബന്ധങ്ങളുടെ പെട്ടെന്നുള്ള ഞെരുക്കം മൂലമുണ്ടാകുന്ന വേദനാജനകമായ മുറിവ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮੋਚ

ਇੱਕ ਜੋੜ ਨੂੰ ਇੱਕ ਦਰਦਨਾਕ ਸੱਟ, ਜੋ ਕਿ ਇਸਦੇ ਅਟੈਂਟਾਂ ਦੇ ਅਚਾਨਕ ਟੁੱਟਣ ਕਾਰਨ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

موچ

ایک جوڑ کو تکلیف دہ چوٹ جو اس کے لگاموں کے اچانک ٹوٹ جانے کی وجہ سے ہوتی ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

扭伤

由于韧带突然扭伤而造成的关节疼痛性损伤

🇯🇵Japanese

捻挫

靭帯が突然切れることによって引き起こされる関節の痛みを伴う損傷

🇰🇷Korean

삐다

인대의 갑작스런 비틀림으로 인한 관절의 고통스러운 부상

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bong gân

một chấn thương đau đớn ở khớp do dây chằng bị đứt đột ngột

🇹🇭Thai

แพลง

อาการบาดเจ็บที่ข้อต่ออย่างเจ็บปวดซึ่งเกิดจากการเอ็นยึดกะทันหัน

🇮🇩Indonesian

keseleo

cedera yang menyakitkan pada sendi yang disebabkan oleh robeknya ligamen secara tiba-tiba

🇵🇭Filipino

pilay

isang masakit na pinsala sa isang kasukasuan na dulot ng isang biglaang pagkawasak ng mga ligaments nito

🇲🇾Malay

terseliuh

kecederaan yang menyakitkan pada sendi yang disebabkan oleh kerengsaan ligamen secara tiba-tiba

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

التواء

إصابة مؤلمة في المفصل ناجمة عن تمزق مفاجئ في أربطة المفصل

🇮🇷Persian

رگ به رگ شدن

یک آسیب دردناک به مفصل ناشی از فشار ناگهانی رباط های آن

🇹🇷Turkish

burkulma

bağların ani bir şekilde burkulması nedeniyle eklemde ağrılı bir yaralanma

🇮🇱Hebrew

נֶקַע

פציעה כואבת במפרק הנגרמת על ידי התכווצות פתאומית של הרצועות שלו

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