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enredar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • embroil verb To bring (something) into a state of confusion or uproar; to complicate, to confuse, to jumble.
  • enmesh verb To mesh; to tangle or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated, particularly in a mesh- or net-like manner.
  • ensnare verb To entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.
  • entangle verb To tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated.
  • foul adj Dirty, disgusting, or unpleasant, especially in smell or taste.
  • gnarl noun A knot in wood; a knurl or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
  • jumble verb To mix things up in a disorganised or confused way.
  • snarl verb To growl and bare the teeth angrily, as an animal does.

Senses

enredar is used for these senses in English:

  • catch up (transitive) To entangle (something).
  • embroil To cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention.
  • enmesh To mesh; to tangle or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated, particularly in a mesh- or net-like manner.
  • enmesh To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult.
  • ensnare (figurative) To entangle; to enmesh.
  • entangle (transitive) To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder.
  • foul (transitive, nautical) To entangle.
  • foul (intransitive) To become entangled.

embroil — full definition

  1. verb To bring (something) into a state of confusion or uproar; to complicate, to confuse, to jumble.
  2. verb To cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention.

enmesh — full definition

  1. verb To mesh; to tangle or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated, particularly in a mesh- or net-like manner.
  2. verb To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult.
  3. verb To involve in difficulties.

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