English-Portuguese translations for grapple

• abordar
  Temos, portanto, de abordar seriamente toda a questão da imigração. We have to therefore grapple seriously with the whole issue of immigration.
  Desejaria que também nas outras partes da Europa houvesse vontade política para se abordar esta questão o mais rapidamente possível. I hope that the political will to grapple with this issue as swiftly as possible will be found elsewhere in Europe.
• agarramento
• agarrar
• lidar
  Trata-se de uma história com que nos familiarizámos nos últimos anos; uma história de instituições imperfeitas que se debatem por lidar com um mundo instável. It is a story familiar from recent years; a story of imperfect institutions struggling to grapple with an unstable world.
  Os vossos comentários chamaram realmente a atenção para a questão com que nós, os relatores, tivemos que lidar neste último período. Your comments have actually drawn attention to the same question that we, the rapporteurs, have had to grapple with in the past period.
• lutar

Definition of grapple

• To seize something and hold it firmly
• To fasten, as with a #Noun|grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly
• To use a grapple
• A tool with claw#Noun|claws or hook#Noun|hooks which is used to catch#Verb|catch or hold#Verb|hold something
• A close hand-to-hand struggle
• To climb

Examples

• to grapple with ones conscience

Related words

• grappling
• grappling hook
• grappling iron