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запутывать — meaning in English

zaputyvat

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English meaning

  • foul adj Dirty, disgusting, or unpleasant, especially in smell or taste.
  • involve verb To include something as a necessary part.
  • obfuscate verb To make something unclear or hard to understand, usually on purpose and in order to hide the truth.
  • perplex verb To make someone feel confused because they cannot understand something.
  • snarl verb To growl and bare the teeth angrily, as an animal does.
  • tangle verb To twist together into a knotted, confused mass.

Senses

запутывать is used for these senses in English:

  • foul (transitive, nautical) To entangle.
  • foul (intransitive) To become entangled.
  • involve To make (something) intricate; to complicate.
  • nonplus (transitive) To bewilder or perplex (someone); to confound, to flummox.
  • obfuscate To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
  • snarl (transitive) To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots.
  • tangle (transitive) To mix together or intertwine.
  • tangle (intransitive) To become mixed together or intertwined.

foul — full definition

  1. adj Dirty, disgusting, or unpleasant, especially in smell or taste.
  2. adj Vulgar or abusive, especially referring to language.
  3. verb To make something dirty, blocked, or tangled.
  4. verb In sports, to break a rule through illegal contact with an opponent.
  5. noun A violation of a game's rules, often involving contact with another player.

involve — full definition

  1. verb To include something as a necessary part.
  2. verb To bring someone into a situation so that they take part or are affected.
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