English-Italian translations for unravel

• disfare
  La CIG non deve disfare il lavoro della Convenzione, non deve farlo a pezzi. The IGC must not unravel the Convention, must not pick it apart.
  Alcuni vogliono tornare indietro, disfare l' acquis comunitario? Do some want to go backwards and unravel the acquis communautaire?
• districare
  Signor Presidente, la speciale conferenza al Vertice di Berlino è stata convocata per districare una matassa complessa e un nodo alquanto intricato. Mr President, the extraordinary Berlin summit has been convened to unravel a complex tangle and solve a fairly knotty problem.
• sfilacciare
• smagliare
• strigare

Definition of unravel

• To separate the threads ; disentangle
• To become separated; to come apart
• To clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve
• To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse
• To become undone; to collapse

Examples

• Stop playing with the seam of the tablecloth! Youll unravel it.
• Mother couldnt unravel the ball of wool after the cat had played with it.
• to unravel a plot
• to unravel a mystery
• to unravel the confusion
• to unravel the global compromise achieved in the Constitutional Treaty
• to unravel the broad consensus which was created

Related words

• unravelling
• unraveling
• resolution unravelling