Definition
To crush, twist, or severely damage something, often making it unrecognizable or unusable.
Etymology
From Middle Dutch 'mangelen' meaning to squeeze or crush. The word likely derives from Old Norse 'möngul' related to narrowness, reflecting the squeezing action. It evolved to mean any kind of severe physical damage or destruction.
Kelly Says
Before modern washing machines, mangles were actual devices with heavy rollers used to squeeze water from wet clothes—the same word now means to destroy something so badly you can't fix it, showing how the machine's crushing action became a metaphor for damage.
Translations
CSČeština
poškodit
po-skod-it
DEDeutsch
verunzen
ve-ru-n-zen
ELΕλληνικά
καταστρέψω
ka-ta-stre-pso
ESEspañol
desgarrar
des-gar-rar
FISuomi
murskata
mur-ska-ta
FRFrançais
détériorer
de-te-ri-ore
HIहिन्दी
बिगाड़ना
bi-ga-ar-na
IDBahasa Indonesia
kerusakan
ke-ru-sa-kan
ITItaliano
schiacciare
sk-ia-cha-re
KO한국어
망가뜨리다
mang-gat-t-ri-da
MSBahasa Melayu
rosak
ro-sak
NLNederlands
vermishan
ver-mi-shan
PLPolski
zniszczyć
z-nisz-chi-t
PTPortuguês
estragar
es-tra-gar
RORomână
a deteriora
a de-te-ri-o-ra
RUРусский
испортить
is-por-tit
SVSvenska
slå sönder
slah so-nder
SWKiswahili
uharibika
u-ha-ri-bi-ka
TEతెలుగు
ధ్వంసం
d-h-vam-san
TRTürkçe
bozulmak
bo-zu-l-mak
UKУкраїнська
пошкодити
po-sho-di-ty