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to become tangled (up)

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1 enmarañarse

enmarañarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (enredarse) to get tangled

■ se le ha enmarañado el pelo her hair's got all tangled

2 figurado to get into a muddle, get confused

3 METEREOLOGÍA to become overcast

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VPR

1) (=enredarse) to get tangled (up), become entangled

2) (=complicarse) to become involved, become complicated

3) (=confundirse) to get confused

4) (=implicarse) to get involved

5) [cielo] to darken, cloud over

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vpr

1. [enredarse] to become tangled

2. [complicarse] [asunto, situación] to become confused o complicated;
[argumento, narración] to become involved o convoluted
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enmarañarse

v/r

1 de pelo get tangled

2

:

enmarañarse en algo get entangled o embroiled in sth

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vr

Spanish-English dictionary > enmarañarse
2 retorcer

v.

1 to twist (torcer) (brazo, alambre).

2 to twist.

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retorcer

Conjugation model [ COCER], like link=cocer cocer

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to twist

2 (ropa) to wring (out)

3 figurado (un argumento) to twist

4 figurado (tergiversar) to distort

► verbo pronominal retorcerse

1 (gen) to become twisted, twist

2 (doblarse) to bend

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FRASEOLOGÍA

retorcerse de dolor figurado to writhe in pain

retorcerse de risa figurado to double up with laughter, split one's sides laughing

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verb

to twist

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1. VT

1) [+ brazo] to twist; [+ manos, lavado] to wring; [+ hebras] to twine, twine together

retorcerle el pescuezo a algn — * to wring sb's neck *

2) [+ argumento] to turn, twist; [+ sentido] to twist

2.

See:

retorcerse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <alambre/cuerda> to twist; <alambres/hilos> to twist... together; < ropa> to wring

b) < brazo> (+ me/te/le etc) to twist

le retorció el pescuezo — she wrung its neck

2) < palabras> to twist
2.
retorcerse v pron

1)

a) ( enrollarse) to become tangled (up)

b) serpiente to writhe

c) persona

retorcerse de dolor — to writhe in agony

retorcerse de risa — to fall about laughing

2) (refl) < manos>

se retorcía las manos con nerviosismo — she was wringing her hands nervously

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= wring, twist, twirl.

Ex. The statue depicted a nymph coming out of the water and wringing her wet hair.

Ex. The cheeks were braced from their tops to the ceiling, to prevent the press from twisting or shifting about in use.

Ex. A hula hoop is a toy hoop that is twirled around the waist, limbs, or neck.

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* retorcerse = writhe, squirm.

* retorcerse las manos = wring + Posesivo + hands.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <alambre/cuerda> to twist; <alambres/hilos> to twist... together; < ropa> to wring

b) < brazo> (+ me/te/le etc) to twist

le retorció el pescuezo — she wrung its neck

2) < palabras> to twist
2.
retorcerse v pron

1)

a) ( enrollarse) to become tangled (up)

b) serpiente to writhe

c) persona

retorcerse de dolor — to writhe in agony

retorcerse de risa — to fall about laughing

2) (refl) < manos>

se retorcía las manos con nerviosismo — she was wringing her hands nervously

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= wring, twist, twirl.

Ex: The statue depicted a nymph coming out of the water and wringing her wet hair.

Ex: The cheeks were braced from their tops to the ceiling, to prevent the press from twisting or shifting about in use.

Ex: A hula hoop is a toy hoop that is twirled around the waist, limbs, or neck.

* retorcerse = writhe, squirm.

* retorcerse las manos = wring + Posesivo + hands.

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retorcer [ E10 ]

vt

A

1 ‹alambre/cuerda› to twist; ‹alambres/hilos› to twist … together; ‹ropa› to wring

2 ‹brazo› (+ me/te/le etc) to twist

le retorció el pescuezo she wrung its neck

B ‹palabras› to twist

■ retorcerse

v pron

A

1 (enrollarse) to become tangled (up), get twisted (up)

2 «serpiente» to writhe

3

«persona»: retorcerse de dolor to writhe with pain, to writhe in agony

retorcerse de risa to double up with laughter, to fall about laughing

B ( refl) ‹manos/pelo›

se retorcía las manos con nerviosismo she was wringing her hands nervously

siempre se está retorciendo el pelo/la barba he is always twiddling (with) his hair/his beard

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retorcer ( conjugate retorcer) verbo transitivo
to twist
retorcerse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( enrollarse) to become tangled (up)

b) [ serpiente] to writhe

c) [ persona]:

◊ retorcerse de dolor to writhe in agony;

See Also→ risa
2 ( refl) ‹ manos› to wring
retorcer verbo transitivo
1 (una cuerda, un brazo, etc) to twist
2 (ropa) to wring (out)
3 (las palabras) to twist
' retorcer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
torcer
English:
contort
- twist
- wring
- squeeze

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retorcer

♦ vt

1. [torcer] [brazo, alambre] to twist;
[ropa, cuello] to wring;
¡le voy a retorcer el pescuezo como lo vea! I'll wring his neck if I get my hands on him!

2. [tergiversar] to twist

♦ See also the pronominal verb retorcerse

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retorcer

v/t twist

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retorcer {14} vt

1) : to twist

2) : to wring

♦ See also the reflexive verb retorcerse

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retorcer vb

1. (brazo) to twist

me retorció el brazo he twisted my arm

2. (ropa mojada) to wring [pt. & pp. wrung]

retorcía la toalla para escurrirla she wrung the towel to get the water out

Spanish-English dictionary > retorcer
3 retorcerse

retorcerse

► verbo pronominal

1 (gen) to become twisted, twist

2 (doblarse) to bend

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VPR

1) [cordel] to get into knots, get tangled (up) o twisted

2) [persona] to writhe, squirm

retorcerse de dolor — to writhe in pain

retorcerse de risa — to double up with laughter

3)

retorcer el bigote — to twirl one's moustache

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(v.) = writhe, squirm

Ex. The article 'Reeling and writhing and fainting' outlines the problems encountered by illustrators of books.

Ex. He paused as she squirmed suddenly, twisting and craning her neck to look at the floor.

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(v.) = writhe, squirm

Ex: The article 'Reeling and writhing and fainting' outlines the problems encountered by illustrators of books.

Ex: He paused as she squirmed suddenly, twisting and craning her neck to look at the floor.

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■retorcerse verbo reflexivo
1 (un cable, etc) to twist up, become tangled (up)
2 (una persona de dolor) to writhe in pain
' retorcerse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abarquillarse
- doblarse
- retorcer
- risa
English:
double up
- squirm
- thrash about
- thrash around
- twist
- wriggle
- writhe
- thrash

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vpr
[persona]
se retorcía de risa she was doubled up with laughter, she was in stitches;

se retorcía de dolor he was writhing (about) in agony

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retorcerse

v/r writhe

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vr

1) : to get twisted, to get tangled up

2) : to squirm, to writhe, to wiggle about

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retorcerse vb to writhe

me retorcía de dolor I was writhing in pain

Spanish-English dictionary > retorcerse
4 retorcido

adj.

1 twisted, contorted, twisty, screwed.

2 sickly obsessed.

3 devious.

4 circumvolute.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: retorcer.

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retorcido

► participio pasado

1→ link=retorcer retorcer

► adjetivo

1 figurado twisted

■ mente retorcida warped mind

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ADJ

1) [estilo] involved

2) [método, persona, mente] devious

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- da adjetivo <persona/mente> twisted, devious; <estilo/argumento> convoluted, involved; ver tb retorcer

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= warped, perverse, twisted.

Ex. This article points to a warped sense of morality in which there is no such concept as 'theft' in some people's lexicon.

Ex. The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.

Ex. He gave a twisted, rather foolish smile, and continued talking.

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- da adjetivo <persona/mente> twisted, devious; <estilo/argumento> convoluted, involved; ver tb retorcer

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= warped, perverse, twisted.

Ex: This article points to a warped sense of morality in which there is no such concept as 'theft' in some people's lexicon.

Ex: The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.

Ex: He gave a twisted, rather foolish smile, and continued talking.

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retorcido -da

adjective

1 ‹persona/mente› twisted, devious

2 ‹lenguaje/estilo/argumento› convoluted, involved ver tb retorcer

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Del verbo retorcer: ( conjugate retorcer)

retorcido es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
retorcer
retorcido
retorcer ( conjugate retorcer) verbo transitivo
to twist
retorcerse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( enrollarse) to become tangled (up)

b) [ serpiente] to writhe

c) [ persona]:

◊ retorcidose de dolor to writhe in agony;

See Also→ risa
2 ( refl) ‹ manos› to wring
retorcido
◊ -da adjetivo ‹persona/mente› twisted, devious;

‹estilo/argumento› convoluted, involved
retorcer verbo transitivo
1 (una cuerda, un brazo, etc) to twist
2 (ropa) to wring (out)
3 (las palabras) to twist
retorcido,-a adjetivo
1 fam (un lenguaje o estilo) involved, convoluted
2 fam pey (una persona) twisted, devious: tiene una mente retorcida, she has a twisted mind
' retorcido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
retorcida
- sinuosa
- sinuoso
- torcida
- torcido
- morboso
English:
gnarled
- perverse
- twisted
- warped

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retorcido, -a adj

1. [torcido] [brazo, alambre] twisted;
[ropa] wrung out
2. [estilo, lenguaje] involved, convoluted

3. [enrevesado] devious;

¿por qué eres siempre tan retorcido? why do you always have to be so devious?

4. [malintencionado] twisted, warped

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retorcido

adj fig

twisted

Spanish-English dictionary > retorcido
5 broncearse

• become brown

• become tanned

• get a suntan

• get sun

• get surprised

• get tangled

• get tedious

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > broncearse
6 enredarse

• become entangled

• get confused

• get entangled

• get mixed

• get mixed up in

• get suntanned

• get surprised

• get tangled up

• get tanned

• get thrown out

• get tight

• tie oneself in knots

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > enredarse
7 requemarse

• become overheated

• burn inwardly

• get tangled

• get tedious

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > requemarse
8 enredar

v.

1 to tangle up (madeja, pelo).

El gato enreda las lanas The cat tangles up the yarns.

2 to bother, to annoy.

3 to get up to mischief (informal).

enredar con algo to fiddle with o mess about with something

4 to mix up, to entangle, to fuzz up, to louse up.

El chico enredó las historias The boy mixed up the stories.

5 to snag, to hook, to get hooked.

La caña enredó al pez The fishing rod snagged the fish.

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enredar

► verbo transitivo

1 (prender con red) to catch in a net, net

2 (para cazar) to set

3 (engatusar) to involve, implicate

4 (meter cizaña) to sow discord, cause trouble

5 (enmarañar) to tangle up, entangle

6 (entretener) to hold up, delay

7 figurado (asunto etc) to confuse, complicate; (trabajo) to make a mess of

► verbo intransitivo

1 (travesear) to be mischievous

► verbo pronominal enredarse

1 (hacerse un lío) to get tangled up, get entangled, get into a tangle

2 (complicarse) to get complicated, get confused

3 (en discusión) to become involved, get caught up

4 (amancebarse) to have an affair

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verb

1) to confuse

2) tangle

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1. VT

1) [+ hilos, cuerda] to tangle up

este viento te enreda el pelo — your hair gets tangled up in this wind, this wind tangles your hair up

2) [+ situación, asunto] to make complicated, complicate

con tanta mentira enredó las cosas aún más — with all his lies he made matters even more complicated, with all his lies he complicated matters even more

3) * (=desordenar) to get into a mess, mess up

estos niños lo han enredado todo — these children have got everything into a mess, these children have messed everything up

4) * (=involucrar) to get mixed o caught up (en in)

la han enredado en un asunto turbio — they've got her mixed o caught up in some shady deal

5) * (=entretener)

no me enredes, que llego tarde — don't hold me back, or I'll be late

6) * (=engañar) to trick

le enredaron unos timadores — some conmen tricked him

7) (=enemistar) to cause trouble among o between

8) (Caza) [+ animal] to net; [+ trampa] to set

2.

VI * (=juguetear) to play around, monkey around *

¡no enredes! — stop playing around!

enredar con algo — to fiddle with sth

¡deja ya de enredar con los lápices! — stop fiddling (around) with the pencils, will you?

3.

See:

enredarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) <cuerdas/cables> to get... tangled up, tangle up

b) ( embarullar) < persona> to muddle... up, confuse; <asunto/situación> to complicate

no enredes más las cosas — don't complicate things any further

c) (fam) ( involucrar)

enredar a alguien en algo — to get somebody mixed up o caught up in something
2.
enredar vi (fam)

a) ( intrigar) to make trouble, stir up trouble

b) (Esp) ( molestar) to fidget

enredar con algo — to fiddle around with something, fiddle with something
3.
enredarse v pron

1) lana/cuerda to get tangled, become entangled; pelo to get tangled o knotted; planta to twist itself around

2)

a) (fam) ( en lío amoroso)

enredarse con alguien — to get involved with somebody

b) (fam) ( involucrarse)

enredarse en algo — to get mixed up o involved in something

se enredó en un negocio sucio — he got mixed up in some funny business

c) (fam) ( enfrascarse)

enredarse en algo — to get into something (colloq)

se enredaron en una acalorada discusión — they got into a heated discussion

d) (fam) ( embarullarse) to get mixed up get muddled up

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= bog down, muddy, bamboozle, snarl up, entangle, knot into, coil, tangle, ensnare, snare, make + trouble.

Ex. There is increased evidence that we are being bogged down today as specialization extends.

Ex. The concept of such a center remained nebulous at best, and we later learned that communication problems early on had muddied the message about what was really needed.

Ex. Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.

Ex. If all goes as usual, it will snow approximately one inch and completely snarl up traffic until melted.

Ex. The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.

Ex. The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.

Ex. This booklet is intended to provide general information on coiling of brain aneurysms.

Ex. The more unsuccessful she was the more bitter she became, and the more tangled in the web drawn about her by her husband and children.

Ex. The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.

Ex. In fact, the Indians had been snaring animals long before the white man came to North America.

Ex. As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.

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* enredar a Alguien para que haga Algo = talk + Nombre + into.

* enredar las cosas = muddy + the waters.

* enredarse = kink.

* enredarse con = get + involved with/in.

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) <cuerdas/cables> to get... tangled up, tangle up

b) ( embarullar) < persona> to muddle... up, confuse; <asunto/situación> to complicate

no enredes más las cosas — don't complicate things any further

c) (fam) ( involucrar)

enredar a alguien en algo — to get somebody mixed up o caught up in something
2.
enredar vi (fam)

a) ( intrigar) to make trouble, stir up trouble

b) (Esp) ( molestar) to fidget

enredar con algo — to fiddle around with something, fiddle with something
3.
enredarse v pron

1) lana/cuerda to get tangled, become entangled; pelo to get tangled o knotted; planta to twist itself around

2)

a) (fam) ( en lío amoroso)

enredarse con alguien — to get involved with somebody

b) (fam) ( involucrarse)

enredarse en algo — to get mixed up o involved in something

se enredó en un negocio sucio — he got mixed up in some funny business

c) (fam) ( enfrascarse)

enredarse en algo — to get into something (colloq)

se enredaron en una acalorada discusión — they got into a heated discussion

d) (fam) ( embarullarse) to get mixed up get muddled up

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= bog down, muddy, bamboozle, snarl up, entangle, knot into, coil, tangle, ensnare, snare, make + trouble.

Ex: There is increased evidence that we are being bogged down today as specialization extends.

Ex: The concept of such a center remained nebulous at best, and we later learned that communication problems early on had muddied the message about what was really needed.

Ex: Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.

Ex: If all goes as usual, it will snow approximately one inch and completely snarl up traffic until melted.

Ex: The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.

Ex: The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.

Ex: This booklet is intended to provide general information on coiling of brain aneurysms.

Ex: The more unsuccessful she was the more bitter she became, and the more tangled in the web drawn about her by her husband and children.

Ex: The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.

Ex: In fact, the Indians had been snaring animals long before the white man came to North America.

Ex: As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.

* enredar a Alguien para que haga Algo = talk + Nombre + into.

* enredar las cosas = muddy + the waters.

* enredarse = kink.

* enredarse con = get + involved with/in.

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enredar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹cuerdas/cables› to get … tangled up, tangle up

2 ‹asunto/situación› to complicate, make … complicated

no enredes más las cosas don't complicate things any further

3 ( fam) (involucrar) enredar a algn EN algo to get sb mixed up o caught up o embroiled o involved IN sth

lo enredaron en la compra de las acciones they got him involved o caught up in buying shares

■ enredar

vi

( fam)

1 (intrigar) to make trouble, stir up trouble, stir ( colloq)

2 ( Esp) (molestar) to fidget enredar CON algo to fiddle around WITH sth, fiddle WITH sth

■ enredarse

v pron

A

1 «lana/cuerda» to get tangled, become entangled; «pelo» to get tangled o knotted o ( AmE) snarled

la cuerda se enredó en las patas de la silla the rope got tangled around o entangled in the chair legs

2 «planta» to twist itself around

B

1 ( fam) (en un lío amoroso) enredarse CON algn to get involved WITH sb

2 ( fam) (involucrarse) enredarse EN algo to get mixed up IN sth, get involved IN sth

se ha enredado en un negocio sucio he's got mixed up in some funny business

3 ( fam) (enfrascarse) enredarse EN algo to get INTO sth ( colloq)

se enredaron en una acalorada discusión they got into a heated discussion

4 ( fam) (embarullarse) to get mixed up ( colloq), get muddled up ( colloq)

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enredar ( conjugate enredar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹cuerdas/cables› to get … tangled up, tangle up

b) ( embarullar) ‹ persona› to muddle … up, confuse;

‹asunto/situación› to complicate
c) (fam) ( involucrar) enredar a algn en algo to get sb mixed up o caught up in sth

verbo intransitivo (fam)
a) ( intrigar) to make trouble, stir up trouble

b) (Esp) ( molestar) to fidget;

enredar con algo to fiddle (around) with sth
enredarse verbo pronominal
1 [lana/cuerda] to get tangled, become entangled;
[ pelo] to get tangled o knotted;
[ planta] to twist itself around
2 (fam)
a) ( en lío amoroso) enredarse con algn to get involved with sb

b) ( involucrarse) enredarse en algo to get mixed up o involved in sth

c) (fam) ( embarullarse) to get mixed up, get muddled up

enredar verbo transitivo
1 (cables, cuerdas, pelo) to entangle, tangle up
2 (un asunto, situación) to confuse, complicate
3 fig (implicar en algo ilegal, turbio) to involve [en, in], to mix up [en, in]
4 (convencer, liar) lo enredaron para presentarse a las elecciones, they talked him into being a candidate in the election
' enredar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
envolver
- trastear
- implicar
English:
embroil
- entangle
- tangle
- tangle up
- foul
- snarl

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enredar

♦ vt

1. [cuerdas, madeja, pelo] to tangle (up)

2. [situación, asunto] to complicate;

será mejor no enredar más las cosas it's best not to make matters more complicated

3. [implicar]
enredar a alguien en to get sb involved in, to embroil sb in;

me enredaron en sus sucios negocios they got me mixed up in their dirty dealings

4. [entretener] to bother, to annoy

♦ vi
Fam
1. [hacer travesuras] to get up to mischief

2. [juguetear]
enredar con algo to fiddle with o mess about with sth

♦ See also the pronominal verb enredarse

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enredar

I v/t

1 tangle, get tangled

2 fig

complicate, make complicated

II v/i make trouble

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enredar vt

1) : to tangle up, to entangle

2) : to confuse, to complicate

3) : to involve, to implicate

♦ See also the reflexive verb enredarse

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enredar vb

1. (involucrar) to involve

lo enredaron en un negocio oscuro they involved him in a shady deal

2. (complicar) to complicate

no enredes más las cosas don't complicate things even more

3. (confundir) to muddle / to confuse

el fiscal intentó enredar al testigo con sus preguntas the prosecutor tried to confuse the witness with his questions

4. (tocar) to mess about

deja de enredar con los rotuladores stop messing about with your pens

Spanish-English dictionary > enredar
9 enredarse

enredarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (hacerse un lío) to get tangled up, get entangled, get into a tangle

2 (complicarse) to get complicated, get confused

3 (en discusión) to become involved, get caught up

4 (amancebarse) to have an affair

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VPR

1) [hilos, cuerda] to get tangled up

se me ha enredado el pelo — my hair's got all tangled up

la cinta se enredó en el ventilador — the ribbon got tangled up o caught in the fan

el sedal se enredó en la hélice — the fishing line fouled the propeller

2) [situación, asunto] to get complicated

3) * (=involucrarse) to get mixed up, get involved (con, en with)

se enredó en un asunto de drogas — he got mixed up o involved in some business to do with drugs

4) * (=liarse) to get into a tangle *, get into a muddle *

me enredé haciendo las cuentas — I got into a tangle o muddle with the accounts *

me enredé al pronunciar su nombre — I got tongue-tied when I tried to say his name

5) * [sentimentalmente] to get involved, get embroiled

se enredó con una estudiante — he got involved o embroiled with a student

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(v.) = kink

Ex. Wire rope tends to kink during uncoiling or unreeling, especially if it has been in service for a long time.

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(v.) = kink

Ex: Wire rope tends to kink during uncoiling or unreeling, especially if it has been in service for a long time.

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■enredarse verbo reflexivo
1 (cables, cuerdas, pelo) to get entangled: se enredó el pie en la alambrada, his foot got caught in the wire fence
2 (asunto, situación) to get complicated o confused
3 fig (implicarse en algo turbio) to get mixed up, involved [en, in]
4 (aturullarse, aturdirse) to get mixed up: me enredé y no supe responder, I got mixed up and didn't know what to say
5 (tener un lío amoroso) se enredó con una rubia, he got involved with a blonde
' enredarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
trabarse
- enredar
English:
mire
- tangle
- tangle up

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vpr

1. [plantas] to climb;
[cuerdas, madeja, pelo] to get tangled up;
la hiedra se enredaba en las columnas the ivy wound its way up the columns;

la cola de la cometa se enredó en unas ramas the tail of the kite got tangled in some branches

2. [situación, asunto] to become complicated o involved;

las cosas se enredaron mucho things got very complicated o involved

3. [implicarse]
enredarse en un asunto to get mixed up o involved in something

4. Fam [embarullarse] to get into a muddle, to get mixed up

5. Fam [entretenerse] to get caught up;

me enredé ordenando unos papeles y llegué tarde I got sidetracked putting some papers in order and I arrived late

6. Fam [sentimentalmente]
enredarse con alguien to get involved o have an affair with sb

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enredarse

v/r

1 get tangled

2 fig

get complicated

3

:

enredarse en algo get mixed up o involved in sth;

enredarse con alguien get involved with s.o.

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vr

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enredarse vb

1. (enmarañarse) to get tangled up

los cables se han enredado the wires have got tangled up

2. (confundirse) to get confused / to get in a muddle

hazlo poco a poco y no te enredarás do it slowly and you won't get in a muddle

Spanish-English dictionary > enredarse
10 enredado

adj.

1 entangled, matted.

2 foul (cables y cuerdas). (Nautical)

3 confused, tangled, messed, messed-up.

4 complicated, intricate, mixed-up, entangled.

5 ruffled, enmeshed, matted, tangled.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: enredar.

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ADJ [hilos, cuerdas] tangled (up)

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- da adjetivo

1) <lana/cuerda> tangled; < pelo> tangled, knotted; <asunto/idea> complicated

2)

a) ( involucrado) involved

enredado en algo — mixed up o caught up in something

se vio enredado en el escándalo — he found himself mixed o caught up in the scandal

b) (fam) ( en lío amoroso)

enredado con alguien — involved with somebody

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= entangled, garbled, tangled, afoul.

Ex. The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.

Ex. The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.

Ex. Now, let me express to you, you have, in a manner of speaking, created quite a tangled ball of yarn in this situation.

Ex. Dan, who had known from the start that things were afoul, demanded that officer show him their IDs.

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* enredado en = enmeshed in, caught up in.

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- da adjetivo

1) <lana/cuerda> tangled; < pelo> tangled, knotted; <asunto/idea> complicated

2)

a) ( involucrado) involved

enredado en algo — mixed up o caught up in something

se vio enredado en el escándalo — he found himself mixed o caught up in the scandal

b) (fam) ( en lío amoroso)

enredado con alguien — involved with somebody

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= entangled, garbled, tangled, afoul.

Ex: The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.

Ex: The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.

Ex: Now, let me express to you, you have, in a manner of speaking, created quite a tangled ball of yarn in this situation.

Ex: Dan, who had known from the start that things were afoul, demanded that officer show him their IDs.

* enredado en = enmeshed in, caught up in.

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enredado -da

adjective

A

1 ‹lana/cuerda› tangled; ‹pelo› tangled, knotted

la lana está toda enredada the wool is all tangled o tangled up

2 ‹asunto/idea› complicated

la situación está muy enredada the situation is very complicated o involved

B

1 (involucrado) involved enredado EN algo mixed up o caught up o embroiled o involved IN sth

se vio enredado en el escándalo he found himself mixed o caught up in the scandal

terminaron enredados en una pelea they ended up getting (themselves) into a fight

2 ( fam) (en un lío amoroso) enredado CON algn involved WITH sb

anduvo enredada con un hombre casado she was involved with a married man

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Del verbo enredar: ( conjugate enredar)

enredado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
enredado
enredar
enredado
◊ -da adjetivo

1 ‹lana/cuerda› tangled;
‹ pelo› tangled, knotted;
‹asunto/idea› complicated
2
a) ( involucrado) enredado en algo mixed up in sth

b) (fam) ( en lío amoroso) enredado con algn involved with sb

enredar ( conjugate enredar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹cuerdas/cables› to get … tangled up, tangle up

b) ( embarullar) ‹ persona› to muddle … up, confuse;

‹asunto/situación› to complicate
c) (fam) ( involucrar) enredado a algn en algo to get sb mixed up o caught up in sth

verbo intransitivo (fam)
a) ( intrigar) to make trouble, stir up trouble

b) (Esp) ( molestar) to fidget;

enredado con algo to fiddle (around) with sth
enredarse verbo pronominal
1 [lana/cuerda] to get tangled, become entangled;
[ pelo] to get tangled o knotted;
[ planta] to twist itself around
2 (fam)
a) ( en lío amoroso) enredadose con algn to get involved with sb

b) ( involucrarse) enredadose en algo to get mixed up o involved in sth

c) (fam) ( embarullarse) to get mixed up, get muddled up

enredar verbo transitivo
1 (cables, cuerdas, pelo) to entangle, tangle up
2 (un asunto, situación) to confuse, complicate
3 fig (implicar en algo ilegal, turbio) to involve [en, in], to mix up [en, in]
4 (convencer, liar) lo enredaron para presentarse a las elecciones, they talked him into being a candidate in the election
' enredado' also found in these entries:
English:
knotty
- tangled

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enredado, -a adj

1. [cuerdas, madeja, pelo] tangled

2. [asunto, situación] complicated, involved

3. [persona] [implicado]
estar enredado en algo to be mixed up o involved in sth;

se vio enredado en un asunto de tráfico de drogas he found himself caught up in a case of drug-trafficking

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enredado adj tangled

Spanish-English dictionary > enredado
11 enmarañar

v.

1 to entangle, to snag, to enmesh, to tangle up.

El escritor enmaraña la trama The writer tangles up the plot.

Ella enmaraña las lanas She entangles the yarns.

2 to tangle up, to snag, to entangle, to louse up.

El escritor enmaraña la trama The writer tangles up the plot.

3 to swindle.

El estafador enmaraña a sus víctimas The con man swindles his victims.

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enmarañar

► verbo transitivo

1 (enredar) to tangle

2 figurado to embroil, muddle up, confuse

■ ha enmarañado el asunto he's confused the issue

► verbo pronominal enmarañarse

1 (enredarse) to get tangled

■ se le ha enmarañado el pelo her hair's got all tangled

2 figurado to get into a muddle, get confused

3 METEREOLOGÍA to become overcast

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verb

to tangle

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1. VT

1) [+ madeja, hilo] to tangle, tangle up

2) (=complicar) to complicate

sólo logró enmarañar más el asunto — he only managed to make matters worse

3) [+ persona] to confuse, perplex

2.

See:

enmarañarse

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1.
verbo transitivo <pelo/lana> to tangle; < asunto> to complicate; < persona> to confuse
2.
enmarañarse v pron pelo/lana to get tangled; persona

enmarañarse en algo — to get embroiled o entangled in something

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= muddy, snarl up, entangle, knot into, tangle.

Ex. The concept of such a center remained nebulous at best, and we later learned that communication problems early on had muddied the message about what was really needed.

Ex. If all goes as usual, it will snow approximately one inch and completely snarl up traffic until melted.

Ex. The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.

Ex. The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.

Ex. The more unsuccessful she was the more bitter she became, and the more tangled in the web drawn about her by her husband and children.

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* enmarañado en = enmeshed in.

* enmarañar las cosas = muddy + the waters.

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1.
verbo transitivo <pelo/lana> to tangle; < asunto> to complicate; < persona> to confuse
2.
enmarañarse v pron pelo/lana to get tangled; persona

enmarañarse en algo — to get embroiled o entangled in something

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= muddy, snarl up, entangle, knot into, tangle.

Ex: The concept of such a center remained nebulous at best, and we later learned that communication problems early on had muddied the message about what was really needed.

Ex: If all goes as usual, it will snow approximately one inch and completely snarl up traffic until melted.

Ex: The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.

Ex: The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.

Ex: The more unsuccessful she was the more bitter she became, and the more tangled in the web drawn about her by her husband and children.

* enmarañado en = enmeshed in.

* enmarañar las cosas = muddy + the waters.

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enmarañar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹pelo/lana› to tangle

2 ‹asunto› to complicate

3 ‹persona› to confuse

■ enmarañarse

v pron

1 «pelo/lana» to get tangled

2 «persona»: enmarañarse EN algo; to get involved o embroiled o entangled IN sth

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enmarañar

♦ vt

1. [enredar] to tangle (up)

2. [complicar] to complicate, to confuse

♦ See also the pronominal verb enmarañarse

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enmarañar

v/t

1 pelo tangle

2 asunto complicate, muddle

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enmarañar vt

1) : to tangle

2) : to complicate

3) : to confuse, to mix up

♦ See also the reflexive verb enmarañarse

Spanish-English dictionary > enmarañar
12 trabarse

trabarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (enredarse) to get tangled up

2 (mecanismo) to jam

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VPR

1) (=enredarse) to get tangled up

me trabé en un matorral y no podía salir — I got tangled up in a thicket and couldn't get free

se le traba la lengua — he gets tongue-tied; Caribe he loses the thread (of what he is saying)

2) (=atascarse) [cajón, puerta, mecanismo] to jam, get jammed

3) (=involucrarse)

trabarse en una discusión — to get involved in an argument

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■trabarse verbo reflexivo
1 figurado se me traba la lengua, I get tongue-tied
2 (enredarse) to get tangled up
' trabarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
trabar
English:
jam

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vpr

1. [enredarse] to get tangled;

la cuerda se trabó en unas ramas the rope got tangled in some branches

2. [atascarse] [puerta, cerrojo] to jam, to get jammed

3. [espesarse] [salsa] to thicken

4. [al hablar] to stutter;

se le trabó la lengua he tripped over his tongue

5. RP Fam [por drogas, alcohol] to get fuddled

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trabarse

v/r get tangled up

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vr

1) : to jam

2) : to become entangled

3) : to be tongue-tied, to stammer

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trabarse vb

trabársele la lengua a alguien to get tongue tied

Spanish-English dictionary > trabarse
13 meter

v.

1 to put in.

meter algo/a alguien en algo to put something/somebody in something

meter la llave en la cerradura to get the key into the lock

meter dinero en el banco to put money in the bank

he metido mis ahorros en esa empresa I've put all my savings into this venture

le metieron en la cárcel they put him in prison

meterle ideas a alguien en la cabeza (informal) to put ideas into somebody's head

no consigo meterle en la cabeza (que…) (informal) I can't get it into his head (that…)

2 to give (informal) (asestar).

le metió un puñetazo he gave him a punch

3 to give (informal) (echar, soltar).

meter una bronca a alguien to tell somebody off

me metió un rollo sobre la disciplina militar he gave me this routine about military discipline

4 to take in (prenda, ropa).

meter el bajo de una falda to take up a skirt

5 to score (en deportes) (anotar).

nos metieron dos goles they scored two goals against us

6 to introduce, to get in, to get inside, to stick.

Ella mete la caja She takes the box inside.

7 to cause, to make, to create.

Ese chico mete problemas That boy causes problems.

8 to drive in.

9 to take inside.

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meter

► verbo transitivo

1 (introducir) to put

■ mete esto en el armario put this in the wardrobe

■ lo metieron en la cárcel they put him in prison

■ mete el dinero en el banco put your money in the bank

2 (implicar) to put into (en, -), get into (en, -), involve in (en, -)

■ en buen lío nos has metido you've got us into a real mess

■ tú me metiste en este asunto you got me involved in this business

3 familiar (dar) to give

■ menudo susto que nos metió he gave us a real fright

■ nos metió una bofetada por hablar he gave us a slap for talking

■ ya le has metido miedo al niño now you've frightened the baby

■ nos metió un rollo insoportable he bored us to death

■ métele prisa o no llegamos hurry him up or we won't get there on time

4 (hacer) to make

■ no metáis tanto ruido don't be so noisy

5 (ropa - acortar) to take up; (- estrechar) to take in

6 AUTOMÓVIL (marcha) to put into

■ mete primera put it into first

7 DEPORTE to score

■ metieron dos goles they scored two goals

► verbo pronominal meterse

1 (introducirse en) to get in

■ métete dentro get in

■ se metió en el coche rápidamente he got quickly into the car, he jumped into the car

■ se metió en la cama he got into bed

2 (tomar parte - negocio) to go into (en, -); (involucrarse en) to get involved (en, in/with), get mixed up (en, in/with)

■ se ha metido en un negocio de compraventa she's gone into buying and selling

■ se ha metido en una secta she's got mixed up with a sect

3 (introducirse) to get involved (en, in)

■ se ha metido en la especulación del terreno he's got involved in property speculation

■ se ha metido en el Ayuntamiento now he's on the council

■ siempre te estás metiendo donde no te llaman you're always sticking your nose in where you're not wanted

■ me metí totalmente en el papel I got completely into in the role

■ se mete a fondo en todo lo que hace he throws himself into everything he does

■ nos vamos a meter en la compra de un piso we're going to take the plunge and buy a flat

4 (ir) to go

■ ¿dónde se habrá metido? where can he have got to?

5 (provocar) to pick ( con, on)

■ no te metas con él que es más fuerte que tú don't pick on him, he's stronger than you

6 (dedicarse) to go (en, into)

■ quiere meterse en política he wants to go into politics

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a todo meter at full blast

meterse alguien donde no le llaman to poke one's nose into others' affairs

meterse alguien en lo que no le importa to stick one's nose into others' business

meterse en todo to be a meddler, stick one's nose into everything

no meterse en nada not to get involved

¡métetelo donde te quepa! tabú you can stuff it!

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verb

1) to put (in)

2) insert, introduce

3) place

4) cause

5) make

•

- meter prisa
- meterse
- meterse a
- meterse con
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1. VT

1) (=poner, introducir) to put

¿dónde has metido las llaves? — where have you put the keys?

metió el palo por el aro — she stuck o put the stick through the ring

mete las hamacas que está lloviendo — bring the hammocks in, it's raining

• meter algo en algo — to put sth in(to) sth

metió la mano en el bolsillo — she put her hand in(to) her pocket

metió el dedo en la sopa — he dipped o put his finger in the soup

tienes que meter la pieza en su sitio — you have to fit o put the part in the correct place

consiguió meter toda la ropa en la maleta — she managed to get o fit all the clothes in(to) the suitcase

meter dinero en el banco — to put money in the bank

¿quién le metió esas ideas en la cabeza? — who gave him those ideas?

- a todo meter

está lloviendo a todo meter — it's pelting with rain, it's pelting down

le están dando antibióticos a todo meter — he's being stuffed with antibiotics *

2) (Dep) to score

meter un gol — to score a goal

3) (Cos) [para estrechar] to take in; [para acortar] to take up

métele la falda que le queda larga — take her skirt up a bit, it's too long

4) (Aut) [+ marcha] to go into

mete primera — go into first gear

¡mete el acelerador! — put your foot down!

5) (=internar)

meter a algn en la cárcel — to put sb in prison

lo metieron en un colegio privado — they put him in o sent him to a private school

6) [en una profesión]

lo metieron a trabajar en el banco — they got him a job in a bank

metieron a su hija (a) monja — they sent their daughter to a convent

lo metieron a o de fontanero — they apprenticed him to a plumber

7) (=implicar)

meter a algn en algo — to get sb involved in sth

él me metió en el negocio — he got me involved in the business

tú me metiste en este lío — you got me into this mess

no metas a mi madre en esto — don't drag o bring my mother into this

Luis metió a Fernando en muchos disgustos — Luis let Fernando in for a lot of trouble

8) (=ocasionar)

• meter miedo a algn — to scare o frighten sb

• meter prisa a algn — to hurry sb, make sb get a move on

tenemos que meterle prisa a Adela — we need to hurry Adela, we need to make Adela get a move on

¡no me metas prisa! — don't rush me!

• meter ruido — to make a noise

• meter un susto a algn — to give sb a fright

9) * (=dar)

le metieron un golpe en la cabeza — they hit him on the head

le metió una torta delante de todos — she hit him in front of everyone

10) * (=endosar)

me han metido dos billetes falsos — they gave me two false banknotes

me metieron una multa por no llevar puesto el cinturón — I was fined for not wearing a seat belt

nos metió un rollo inacabable — he went on and on for ages

le metieron cinco años de cárcel — they gave him five years in prison

nos van a meter más trabajo — they're going to lumber us with more work

11) * (=aplicar)

me metió la maquinilla y me peló al cero — he took the clippers to me and shaved all my hair off

le quedaba largo el traje y le metió las tijeras — her dress was too long, so she took the scissors to it

12) * (=hacer entender)

no hay quien le meta que aquello era mentira — nobody seems able to make him understand that it was a lie, nobody is able to get it into his head that it was a lie

13)

meterlas — And ** to beat it *

2.

See:

meterse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) (introducir, poner) to put

meter algo en algo — to put something in(to) something

meter la llave en la cerradura — to put the key into the lock

quiero meter todo esto en un folio — I want to fit all of this onto one sheet

no le metas esas ideas en la cabeza — don't put ideas like that into her head

b) ( hacer entrar)

meter a alguien en algo: puedo meter cuatro personas en mi coche I can get o fit four people in my car; lo metieron en la cárcel they put him in prison; lo metió interno en un colegio she sent him to (a) boarding school; consiguió meterlo en la empresa she managed to get him a job in the company; meter a alguien de algo: lo metieron de aprendiz — they got him a job as an apprentice

c) ( involucrar)

meter a alguien en algo — to involve somebody in something, get somebody involved in something

2)

a) ( invertir) to put

b) <tanto/gol> to score

c) ( en costura) < dobladillo> to turn up

métele un poco en las costuras — take it in a bit at the seams

meterle tijera/sierra a algo — to set to with the scissors/saw on something

d) (Auto) < cambio>

mete (la) tercera — put it into third (gear)

meter la marcha atrás — to get into reverse

3)

a) (provocar, crear)

no metas ruido — keep the noise down

meterle miedo a alguien — to frighten o scare somebody

nos están metiendo prisa — we're under a lot of pressure to do things faster

a todo meter — (fam) <conducir/correr/estudiar> flat out

meterle — (AmL) to get a move on (colloq)

le metimos con todo — we did our utmost

b) (fam) (encajar, endilgar)

me metieron una multa — I got a ticket (colloq)

nos metió una de sus historias — she spun us one of her yarns

c) (Col arg) < cocaína> to snort (sl); < marihuana> to smoke
2.
meter vi (Col arg) ( consumir marihuana) to smoke (dope)
3.
meterse v pron

1)

a) ( entrar)

meterse en algo: me metí en el agua ( en la playa) I went into the water; ( en la piscina) I got into the water; nos metimos en un museo we went into a museum; se metió en la cama he got into bed; no sabía dónde meterse de la vergüenza she was so embarrassed she didn't know what to do with herself; ¿dónde se habrá metido el perro? where can the dog have got to?; (+ me/te/le etc) se me metió algo en el ojo — I got something in my eye

b) ( introducirse)

meterse en algo: me metí el dedo en el ojo I stuck my finger in my eye; se metió el dinero en el bolsillo he put the money in(to) his pocket; que se lo meta ahí mismo! or que se lo meta por dónde le quepa! (vulg) she can stuff it! (sl); ya sabes dónde te lo puedes meter — (vulg) you know where you can stuff it (vulg)

c) (fam) <comida/bebida> to put away (colloq)

d) (Ven arg) < cocaína> to snort (sl); < marihuana> to smoke

2)

a) ( en trabajo)

se metió de secretaria — she got a job as a secretary

meterse de or a cura/monja — to become a priest/nun

b) ( involucrarse)

meterse en algo — to get involved in something

te has metido en un buen lío — you've got yourself into a fine mess

se ha metido en un asunto muy turbio — she's got(ten) involved in a very shady affair

no podemos meternos en más gastos — we cannot take on anymore financial commitments

c) ( entrometerse) to get involved

no te metas en lo que no te importa — mind your own business

ella empezó a meterse por medio — she started interfering

meterse con alguien — (fam) to pick on somebody

meterse donde no lo llaman — to poke one's nose into other people's business (colloq)

no te metas donde no te llaman! — mind your own business!

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= pack up, embroil, sandwich, dip, shove, bung + Nombe + in, put in, take in.

Nota: Usado principalmente para la ropa.

Ex. Unless the distance was short, the books travelled in sheets, unbound, packed up in chests or barrels.

Ex. By the time the weeding was finished in Nov 86, the Society had become embroiled in a major controversy over the handling of this project.

Ex. The paper that is to be examined is simply sandwiched between a sheet of Perspex impregnated with carbon-14 and an unexposed photographic film, and left in the dark for a few hours.

Ex. Two sheets were made each time the two-sheet mould was dipped by the maker into the vat, and they were turned out together on to a single felt by the coucher.

Ex. Meanwhile the journeymen, who had just gone to bed, hearing the row quickly got up again, came downstairs and then shoved me out of the door.

Ex. Instead of bunging it in the washing machine, clean it carefully by hand using lukewarm water.

Ex. For those of you who are not familiar with OCLC and the way we work the data base is not a vast receptacle into which we throw any kind of record that anybody wants to put in.

Ex. Don't worry about it being too loose around your waist, have a someone take the shirt in where it is too baggy.

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* a todo meter = full steam ahead, at full stretch, at full speed, at full blast, at top speed, at full throttle.

* avanzar a todo meter = go + full steam ahead.

* ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.

* meter a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.

* meter a Alguien en la cárcel = put + Nombre + behind bars.

* meter a la fuerza de un modo desordenado = stuff.

* meter a presión = wedge.

* meter bulla = make + a racket, hurry up, rush, rattle + Posesivo + dags, get + a wiggle on, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row, get + a move on.

* meter cisco = make + trouble.

* meter con dificultad = squeeze in/into.

* meter con un calzador = shoehorn.

* meter de ancho = take in.

* meter de largo = take up.

* meter el dobladillo = hem.

* meter el estómago = hold + Posesivo + stomach in.

* meter el lobo en el redil = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.

* meter en = cram into.

* meter en bolsas = bag.

* meter en ceja y ceja = get it into + Posesivo + head.

* meter en la cabeza = get it into + Posesivo + head.

* meter en la cárcel = imprison, jail [gaol, -UK].

* meter en la mollera = get it into + Posesivo + head.

* meter en una jaula = cage.

* meter la nariz en = snoop about/(a)round/into/in.

* meter la pata = bark up + the wrong tree, be caught out, put + Posesivo + foot in it, put + Posesivo + foot in + Posesivo + mouth, shoot + Reflexivo + in the foot, stick + Posesivo + foot in it, screw up, make + a bloomer, slip up, make + a blunder, drop + a clanger, drop + a bollock, blunder.

* meter las manos en todos = have + a finger in every pie.

* meter las narices en = snoop about/(a)round/into/in, poke about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into).

* meterle caña a = get + stuck into.

* meterle mano a = get + stuck into.

* meter mano = grope.

* meter miedo = frighten, scare.

* meter presionando = snap into.

* meter preso = imprison.

* meter prisa = hustle.

* meterse = meddle (in/with), lodge, get + Posesivo + feet wet.

* meterse + Algo = slip + Nombre + on.

* meterse con = needle, pick on, tease, twit, taunt, jeer, lam, have + a go at, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.

* meterse de lleno en = get + Posesivo + teeth into.

* meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end.

* meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.

* meterse el dedo en la nariz = pick + Posesivo + nose.

* meterse en = get into, step into.

* meterse en el juego = get in + the game.

* meterse en follones = get into + trouble.

* meterse en la boca del lobo = come into + the lion's den.

* meterse en la vida de Alguien = intrude on + Posesivo + privacy.

* meterse en líos = get into + trouble.

* meterse en los asuntos de = have + a leg in the camp of.

* meterse en + Número + cosas a la vez = have + a foot in + Número + camps.

* meterse en problemas = get into + trouble.

* meterse en todos los fregados = have + a finger in every pie.

* meterse en un aprieto = get into + a predicament.

* meterse en un apuro = get into + a predicament.

* meterse en una situación embarazosa = put + Reflexivo + into + position.

* meterse en un berenjenal = get into + a predicament.

* meterse en un lío = be in trouble, get into + a predicament.

* meterse la camisa = tuck in + Posesivo + shirt.

* meterse mano = snog, pet.

* meter una pifia = drop + a bollock, drop + a clanger, make + a blunder, make + a bloomer, blunder.

* meter un litro en un recipiente de medio = squeeze a quart into a pint pot.

* meter un pifiaso = drop + a bollock, drop + a clanger, make + a blunder, make + a bloomer, blunder.

* no saber dónde meterse de vergüenza = squirm with + embarrassment.

* salir de Guatemala para meterse en Guatapeor = out of the fire and into the frying pan.

* sin meternos en el hecho de que = to say nothing of.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) (introducir, poner) to put

meter algo en algo — to put something in(to) something

meter la llave en la cerradura — to put the key into the lock

quiero meter todo esto en un folio — I want to fit all of this onto one sheet

no le metas esas ideas en la cabeza — don't put ideas like that into her head

b) ( hacer entrar)

meter a alguien en algo: puedo meter cuatro personas en mi coche I can get o fit four people in my car; lo metieron en la cárcel they put him in prison; lo metió interno en un colegio she sent him to (a) boarding school; consiguió meterlo en la empresa she managed to get him a job in the company; meter a alguien de algo: lo metieron de aprendiz — they got him a job as an apprentice

c) ( involucrar)

meter a alguien en algo — to involve somebody in something, get somebody involved in something

2)

a) ( invertir) to put

b) <tanto/gol> to score

c) ( en costura) < dobladillo> to turn up

métele un poco en las costuras — take it in a bit at the seams

meterle tijera/sierra a algo — to set to with the scissors/saw on something

d) (Auto) < cambio>

mete (la) tercera — put it into third (gear)

meter la marcha atrás — to get into reverse

3)

a) (provocar, crear)

no metas ruido — keep the noise down

meterle miedo a alguien — to frighten o scare somebody

nos están metiendo prisa — we're under a lot of pressure to do things faster

a todo meter — (fam) <conducir/correr/estudiar> flat out

meterle — (AmL) to get a move on (colloq)

le metimos con todo — we did our utmost

b) (fam) (encajar, endilgar)

me metieron una multa — I got a ticket (colloq)

nos metió una de sus historias — she spun us one of her yarns

c) (Col arg) < cocaína> to snort (sl); < marihuana> to smoke
2.
meter vi (Col arg) ( consumir marihuana) to smoke (dope)
3.
meterse v pron

1)

a) ( entrar)

meterse en algo: me metí en el agua ( en la playa) I went into the water; ( en la piscina) I got into the water; nos metimos en un museo we went into a museum; se metió en la cama he got into bed; no sabía dónde meterse de la vergüenza she was so embarrassed she didn't know what to do with herself; ¿dónde se habrá metido el perro? where can the dog have got to?; (+ me/te/le etc) se me metió algo en el ojo — I got something in my eye

b) ( introducirse)

meterse en algo: me metí el dedo en el ojo I stuck my finger in my eye; se metió el dinero en el bolsillo he put the money in(to) his pocket; que se lo meta ahí mismo! or que se lo meta por dónde le quepa! (vulg) she can stuff it! (sl); ya sabes dónde te lo puedes meter — (vulg) you know where you can stuff it (vulg)

c) (fam) <comida/bebida> to put away (colloq)

d) (Ven arg) < cocaína> to snort (sl); < marihuana> to smoke

2)

a) ( en trabajo)

se metió de secretaria — she got a job as a secretary

meterse de or a cura/monja — to become a priest/nun

b) ( involucrarse)

meterse en algo — to get involved in something

te has metido en un buen lío — you've got yourself into a fine mess

se ha metido en un asunto muy turbio — she's got(ten) involved in a very shady affair

no podemos meternos en más gastos — we cannot take on anymore financial commitments

c) ( entrometerse) to get involved

no te metas en lo que no te importa — mind your own business

ella empezó a meterse por medio — she started interfering

meterse con alguien — (fam) to pick on somebody

meterse donde no lo llaman — to poke one's nose into other people's business (colloq)

no te metas donde no te llaman! — mind your own business!

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= pack up, embroil, sandwich, dip, shove, bung + Nombe + in, put in, take in.

Nota: Usado principalmente para la ropa.

Ex: Unless the distance was short, the books travelled in sheets, unbound, packed up in chests or barrels.

Ex: By the time the weeding was finished in Nov 86, the Society had become embroiled in a major controversy over the handling of this project.

Ex: The paper that is to be examined is simply sandwiched between a sheet of Perspex impregnated with carbon-14 and an unexposed photographic film, and left in the dark for a few hours.

Ex: Two sheets were made each time the two-sheet mould was dipped by the maker into the vat, and they were turned out together on to a single felt by the coucher.

Ex: Meanwhile the journeymen, who had just gone to bed, hearing the row quickly got up again, came downstairs and then shoved me out of the door.

Ex: Instead of bunging it in the washing machine, clean it carefully by hand using lukewarm water.

Ex: For those of you who are not familiar with OCLC and the way we work the data base is not a vast receptacle into which we throw any kind of record that anybody wants to put in.

Ex: Don't worry about it being too loose around your waist, have a someone take the shirt in where it is too baggy.

* a todo meter = full steam ahead, at full stretch, at full speed, at full blast, at top speed, at full throttle.

* avanzar a todo meter = go + full steam ahead.

* ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.

* meter a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.

* meter a Alguien en la cárcel = put + Nombre + behind bars.

* meter a la fuerza de un modo desordenado = stuff.

* meter a presión = wedge.

* meter bulla = make + a racket, hurry up, rush, rattle + Posesivo + dags, get + a wiggle on, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row, get + a move on.

* meter cisco = make + trouble.

* meter con dificultad = squeeze in/into.

* meter con un calzador = shoehorn.

* meter de ancho = take in.

* meter de largo = take up.

* meter el dobladillo = hem.

* meter el estómago = hold + Posesivo + stomach in.

* meter el lobo en el redil = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.

* meter en = cram into.

* meter en bolsas = bag.

* meter en ceja y ceja = get it into + Posesivo + head.

* meter en la cabeza = get it into + Posesivo + head.

* meter en la cárcel = imprison, jail [gaol, -UK].

* meter en la mollera = get it into + Posesivo + head.

* meter en una jaula = cage.

* meter la nariz en = snoop about/(a)round/into/in.

* meter la pata = bark up + the wrong tree, be caught out, put + Posesivo + foot in it, put + Posesivo + foot in + Posesivo + mouth, shoot + Reflexivo + in the foot, stick + Posesivo + foot in it, screw up, make + a bloomer, slip up, make + a blunder, drop + a clanger, drop + a bollock, blunder.

* meter las manos en todos = have + a finger in every pie.

* meter las narices en = snoop about/(a)round/into/in, poke about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into).

* meterle caña a = get + stuck into.

* meterle mano a = get + stuck into.

* meter mano = grope.

* meter miedo = frighten, scare.

* meter presionando = snap into.

* meter preso = imprison.

* meter prisa = hustle.

* meterse = meddle (in/with), lodge, get + Posesivo + feet wet.

* meterse + Algo = slip + Nombre + on.

* meterse con = needle, pick on, tease, twit, taunt, jeer, lam, have + a go at, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.

* meterse de lleno en = get + Posesivo + teeth into.

* meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end.

* meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.

* meterse el dedo en la nariz = pick + Posesivo + nose.

* meterse en = get into, step into.

* meterse en el juego = get in + the game.

* meterse en follones = get into + trouble.

* meterse en la boca del lobo = come into + the lion's den.

* meterse en la vida de Alguien = intrude on + Posesivo + privacy.

* meterse en líos = get into + trouble.

* meterse en los asuntos de = have + a leg in the camp of.

* meterse en + Número + cosas a la vez = have + a foot in + Número + camps.

* meterse en problemas = get into + trouble.

* meterse en todos los fregados = have + a finger in every pie.

* meterse en un aprieto = get into + a predicament.

* meterse en un apuro = get into + a predicament.

* meterse en una situación embarazosa = put + Reflexivo + into + position.

* meterse en un berenjenal = get into + a predicament.

* meterse en un lío = be in trouble, get into + a predicament.

* meterse la camisa = tuck in + Posesivo + shirt.

* meterse mano = snog, pet.

* meter una pifia = drop + a bollock, drop + a clanger, make + a blunder, make + a bloomer, blunder.

* meter un litro en un recipiente de medio = squeeze a quart into a pint pot.

* meter un pifiaso = drop + a bollock, drop + a clanger, make + a blunder, make + a bloomer, blunder.

* no saber dónde meterse de vergüenza = squirm with + embarrassment.

* salir de Guatemala para meterse en Guatapeor = out of the fire and into the frying pan.

* sin meternos en el hecho de que = to say nothing of.

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meter [E1 ]

vt

A

1 (introducir, poner) to put

le metieron un tubo por la nariz they put o ( colloq) stuck a tube up her nose

¿dónde habré metido su carta? where can I have put his letter?

meter algo EN algo:

metí la tarjeta en un sobre I put the card in(to) an envelope

no lograba meter la llave en la cerradura she couldn't get the key into the lock

metió el pie en el agua he put his foot in(to) the water

a ver si consigo meter todo esto en un folio I wonder if I can get o fit all of this onto one sheet

no le metas esas ideas en la cabeza a la niña don't put ideas like that into her head, don't go giving her ideas like that

2 (hacer entrar) meter a algn EN algo:

no puedo meter más de cuatro personas en mi coche I can't get o fit more than four people in my car

lo metieron en la cárcel they put him in prison

metió a su hijo interno en un colegio he sent his son to (a) boarding school

3 (colocar, emplear) meter a algn EN algo:

consiguió meter a su amigo en la empresa she managed to get her friend a job with o in the company

meter a algn DE algo:

lo metieron de aprendiz de carpintero they apprenticed him to a carpenter, they got him a job as a carpenter's apprentice

la metieron de sirvienta en la ciudad they sent her to work as a maid in the city

4 (involucrar) meter a algn EN algo to involve sb IN sth, get sb involved IN sth

no quiero que metas a mi hijo en negocios sucios I don't want you involving my son o getting my son involved in any dirty business

no la metas a ella en esto don't bring o drag her into this

B

1 (invertir) to put

voy a meter mis ahorros en el banco I'm going to put my savings in the bank

metió todo su capital en el negocio she put all her capital into the business

2 ‹tanto/gol› to score

3 (en costura) ‹dobladillo› to turn up

métele un poco en las costuras take it in a bit at the seams

4

meterle tijera/sierra a algo to set to with the scissors/saw on sth

5 ( Auto) ‹marcha/cambio›

mete (la) primera/tercera put it into first/third (gear)

en este coche es muy difícil meter la marcha atrás it's very difficult to get into reverse in this car

C

1

(provocar, crear): no metas ruido que estoy estudiando keep the noise down, I'm studying

no trates de meterme miedo don't try to frighten o scare me

nos están metiendo prisa en el trabajo we're under a lot of pressure to do things faster at work

a todo meter ( fam); ‹ir/conducir› flat out

lleva una semana estudiando a todo meter he's been studying flat out for a week

meterle ( AmL); to get a move on ( colloq)

¡métanle, que no llegamos! step on it o get a move on, or we won't get there in time!

le metimos con todo we did our utmost, we pulled out all the stops, we did everything we could

2 ( fam)

(encajar, endilgar): me metieron una multa por exceso de velocidad I got a ticket for speeding ( colloq)

no me metas más mentiras don't tell me any more lies, don't give me any more of your lies ( colloq)

nos metió una de sus historias she spun us one of her yarns

3 ( Col arg) ‹cocaína› to snort (sl), to do (sl); ‹marihuana› to smoke

■ meter

vi

( Col arg) (consumir marihuana) to smoke (dope)

■ meterse

v pron

A

1 (entrar) meterse EN algo:

me metí en el agua (en la playa) I went into the water; (en la piscina) I got into the water

nos metimos en un museo we went into a museum

se metió en la cama he got into bed

métete por esa calle go down that street

quise meterme bajo tierra I just wanted the ground to swallow me up

no sabía dónde meterse de la vergüenza que le dio she was so embarrassed she didn't know what to do with herself o where to put herself

¿dónde se habrá metido el perro? where can the dog have got to?, where can the dog be?

(+ me/te/le etc): se me metió algo en el ojo I got something in my eye

cuando se le mete una idea en la cabeza … when he gets an idea into his head …

2 (introducirse) meterse algo EN algo:

me metí el dedo en el ojo I stuck my finger in my eye

se metió el dinero en el bolsillo he put the money in(to) his pocket

no te metas los dedos en la nariz don't pick your nose

¡que se lo meta ahí mismo! or ¡que se lo meta por dónde le quepa! ( vulg); she can stuff it! (sl)

ya sabes dónde te lo puedes meter ( vulg); you know where you can stuff o shove it ( vulg)

3 ( fam); ‹comida/bebida› to put away ( colloq)

B

1

(en un trabajo): se metió de secretaria she got a job as a secretary

meterse de or a cura/monja to become a priest/nun

2 (involucrarse) meterse EN algo to get involved IN sth

no quiero meterme en una discusión I don't want to get into o to get involved in an argument

te has metido en un buen lío you've got yourself into a fine mess

no te metas en gastos don't go spending a lot of money

se había metido en un asunto muy turbio she had got involved in o mixed up in a very shady affair

3 (entrometerse) to get involved

no te metas en lo que no te importa mind your own business, don't get involved in o don't meddle in things that don't concern you

todo iba bien hasta que ella se metió por medio things were going fine until she started interfering

meterse con algn ( fam): no te metas conmigo que yo no te he hecho nada don't go picking a fight with me, I haven't done anything to you

no te metas conmigo que hoy no estoy para bromas leave me alone, I'm in no mood for jokes today

tú métete con los de tu edad/tamaño why don't you pick on someone your own age/size?

con su hijo no te metas, que es sagrado ( iró); don't say a word against her son, she worships him

meterse donde no lo llaman to poke one's nose into other people's business ( colloq)

¡no te metas donde no te llaman! mind your own business!

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meter ( conjugate meter) verbo transitivo
1
a) (introducir, poner) to put;

meter algo en algo to put sth in(to) sth;
◊ meter la llave en la cerradura to put the key into the lock;

logró meter todo en la maleta he managed to fit everything into the suitcase
b) ( hacer entrar):

◊ meter a algn en la cárcel to put sb in prison;

consiguió meterlo en la empresa she managed to get him a job in the company
c) ( involucrar) meter a algn en algo to involve sb in sth, get sb involved in sth

2
a) ( invertir) ‹ahorros/dinero› to put

b) ‹tanto/gol› to score

c) ( en costura) ‹ dobladillo› to turn up

d) (Auto):

◊ mete (la) tercera put it into third (gear);

meter la marcha atrás to get into reverse
3 (provocar, crear):
◊ meterle prisa a algn to rush sb;

meterle miedo a algn to frighten o scare sb;
no metas ruido keep the noise down
meterse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( entrar):

◊ me metí en el agua ( en la playa) I went into the water;

( en la piscina) I got into the water;
◊ nos metimos en un museo we went into a museum;

meterse en la cama/la ducha to get into bed/the shower;
¿dónde se habrá metido el perro? where can the dog have got to?;
se me metió algo en el ojo I got something in my eye
b) ( introducirse):

◊ me metí el dedo en el ojo I stuck my finger in my eye;

se metió el dinero en el bolsillo he put the money in(to) his pocket
2
a) ( en trabajo):

◊ se metió de secretaria she got a job as a secretary;

meterse de or a cura/monja to become a priest/nun
b) ( involucrarse) meterse en algo to get involved in sth;

◊ te has metido en un buen lío you've got yourself into a fine mess;

no te metas en lo que no te importa mind your own business;
meterse con algn (fam) to pick on sb;
meterse por medio to interfere
meter verbo transitivo
1 to put [en, in]
(en colegio, cárcel) to put: la metieron en un psiquiátrico, they put her in a mental hospital
(dinero) metimos el dinero en el banco, we paid the money into our bank
2 (invertir) to put: mételo en acciones, put it in shares
3 (involucrar) to involve [en, in], to get mixed up [en, in]
4 fam (causar) no le metas miedo al niño, don't frighten the child
5 (hacer) to make
meter jaleo, to make a noise
♦ Locuciones: familiar a todo meter, at full speed, in a flash
meter en el mismo saco, to lump together: son completamente distintos, no los puedes meter en el mismo saco, they're totally different, you can't lump them together as if they were the same
' meter' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apremiar
- baza
- cazo
- cizaña
- colarse
- contador
- cuezo
- embotellar
- follón
- fotómetro
- gamba
- hocico
- indicador
- indicadora
- introducir
- lectura
- M
- mano
- métrica
- metro
- nada
- nariz
- pata
- patinar
- prisa
- resbalar
- ruido
- saco
- sobre
- taxímetro
- venga
- altura
- apresurar
- apurar
- bandera
- bulla
- canasta
- compás
- distancia
- el
- encajar
- entrar
- gol
- lado
- m
- marcha
- medidor
- menos
- parquímetro
- por
English:
bake
- blunder
- boob
- brick
- bully
- bungle
- change up
- clanger
- dip
- engage
- enter
- fetch in
- finger
- flub
- foot
- get in
- grope
- hurry
- hustle
- insert
- inset
- jam
- let in
- meter
- mix up
- outdistance
- pad out
- parking meter
- postage meter
- push
- put
- quart
- round
- speed up
- squash in
- stick
- stick in
- taxi-meter
- trip up
- tuck
- tuck in
- unstuck
- waffle
- water meter
- wedge
- back
- cram
- deep
- fit
- get

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meter

♦ vt

1. [introducir] to put in;

meter algo/a alguien en algo to put sth/sb in sth;

metió las manos en los bolsillos she put her hands in her pockets;

no puedo meter la llave en la cerradura I can't get the key in the lock;

lo metieron en la cárcel they put him in prison;

su padre lo metió de conserje en la empresa his father got him a job in the company as a porter;

meter dinero en el banco to put money in the bank;

he metido todos mis ahorros en este proyecto I've put all my savings into this project;

¿podrás meter todo en un solo disquete? will you be able to get o fit it all on one disk?;
Fam
meterle ideas a alguien en la cabeza to put ideas into sb's head;
Fam
no consigo meterle en la cabeza (que…) I can't get it into his head (that…);
Fam
mete la tijera todo lo que quieras cut off as much as you like

2. [hacer participar]
meter a alguien en algo to get sb into sth;

¡en buen lío nos has metido! this is a fine mess you've got o gotten us into!

3. [obligar a]
meter a alguien a hacer algo to make sb start doing sth;

me dieron un trapo y me metieron a limpiar el polvo they gave me a cloth and set me dusting

4. [causar]
meter prisa/miedo a alguien to rush/scare sb;

meter ruido to make a noise

5. [en automóvil]
meter la primera/la marcha atrás to go into first gear/reverse;

meter el freno to brake

6. [en deportes] [anotar] to score;

nos metieron dos goles they scored two goals against us

7. Fam [asestar] to give;

le metió un puñetazo she gave him a punch

8. Fam [echar, soltar] to give;

meter una bronca a alguien to tell sb off;

me metió un rollo sobre la disciplina militar he gave me this routine about military discipline;

te han metido un billete falso they've given you a forged banknote

9. [prenda, ropa] to take in;

hay que meter los pantalones de cintura the trousers need taking in at the waist;

meter el bajo de una falda to take up a skirt

10. Fam [dedicar, destinar]
sabe jugar muy bien al billar porque le ha metido muchas horas he plays billiards really well because he's put the hours in o spent hours practising

11. Am Fam
¡métele! [date prisa] get a move on!, hurry up!;

¡métele, que empieza la película! get a move on o hurry up, the movie's starting!

12. RP Fam [aprobar] to pass

♦ vi

1. muy Fam [copular] to do it, Br to get one's end away

2. Comp
Fam
a todo meter at full pelt

♦ See also the pronominal verb meterse

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meter

v/t

1 put (en in, into)

2 gol score

3 ( involucrar) involve (en in);

meter a alguien en un lío get s.o. into a mess;

a todo meter at full speed

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meter vt

1) : to put (in)

metieron su dinero en el banco: they put their money in the bank

2) : to fit, to squeeze

puedes meter dos líneas más en esa página: you can fit two more lines on that page

3) : to place (in a job)

lo metieron de barrendero: they got him a job as a street sweeper

4) : to involve

lo metió en un buen lío: she got him in an awful mess

5) : to make, to cause

meten demasiado ruido: they make too much noise

6) : to spread (a rumor)

7) : to strike (a blow)

8) : to take up, to take in (clothing)

9)

a todo meter : at top speed

♦ See also the reflexive verb meterse

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meter vb

1. (en general) to put [pt. & pp. put]

metió el dinero en el bolsillo he put the money in his pocket

¿dónde has metido el abrelatas? where have you put the tin opener?

2. (empleo) to get a job

su padre lo metió en la empresa familiar his father got him a job in the family business

3. (implicar) to involve

me has metido en un lío you've got me into a mess

meter miedo to frighten

meter prisa to hurry [pt. & pp. hurried]

Spanish-English dictionary > meter
14 lío

m.

1 mess, difficulty, mix-up, problem.

2 bundle.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: liar.

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lío

► nombre masculino

1 (embrollo) mess

2 (aventura amorosa) affair

3 (fardo) bundle

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FRASEOLOGÍA

armar un lío to make a fuss

hacerse un lío (uso literal) to get tangled up 2 (uso figurado) to get muddled up

meterse en un lío to get oneself into a mess

¡qué lío! what a mess!

tener un lío con alguien to be having an affair with somebody

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noun m.

1) mess

2) trouble

3) affair, liaison

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SM

1) (=fardo) bundle; Cono Sur truss

2) * (=jaleo) fuss; (=confusión) muddle, mix-up

ese lío de los pasaportes — that fuss about the passports

en mi mesa hay un lío enorme de papeles — my desk is in a real muddle with all these bits of paper

• armar un lío — to make a fuss, kick up a fuss

• armarse un lío, se armó un lío tremendo — there was a terrific fuss

• hacerse un lío — to get into a muddle, get mixed up

se hizo un lío con tantos nombres — he got into a muddle with all the names

3) (=aprieto)

meterse en un lío — to get into trouble

4) * (=amorío) affair

tener un lío con algn — to be having an affair with sb

lío de faldas — affair

5) (=cotilleo) tale, piece of gossip

¡no me vengas con líos! — less of your tales!

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masculino

1)

a) (fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess

qué lío! — what a mess!

hacerse un lío con algo — to get into a mess with something (colloq)

b) (fam) (problema, complicación)

tiene líos con la policía — he's in trouble with the police (colloq)

no me vengas con tus líos — don't come to me with your problems

qué lío se va a armar! — there's going to be hell to pay! (colloq)

armó un lío — he kicked up a fuss (colloq)

meterse en un lío — to get oneself into trouble

c) (fam) ( amorío) affair

2) ( fardo) bundle

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= mess, jumble, hassle, cock-up, bedlam, snarl, snarl-up, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, palaver, predicament, rigmarole [rigamarole].

Ex. 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.

Ex. Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.

Ex. The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.

Ex. The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.

Ex. In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.

Ex. His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.

Ex. However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.

Ex. A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.

Ex. Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.

Ex. Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.

Ex. Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.

Ex. The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.

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* armar el lío = make + trouble.

* armar un lío = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.

* en un lío = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl.

* estar hecho un lío = be at sixes and sevens with.

* lío amoroso = fling.

* meterse en líos = get into + trouble.

* meterse en un lío = be in trouble, get into + a predicament.

* no meterse en líos = keep out of + trouble.

* ¡qué lío! = what a palaver!.

* tener un lío amoroso = have + an affair, have + a fling.

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masculino

1)

a) (fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess

qué lío! — what a mess!

hacerse un lío con algo — to get into a mess with something (colloq)

b) (fam) (problema, complicación)

tiene líos con la policía — he's in trouble with the police (colloq)

no me vengas con tus líos — don't come to me with your problems

qué lío se va a armar! — there's going to be hell to pay! (colloq)

armó un lío — he kicked up a fuss (colloq)

meterse en un lío — to get oneself into trouble

c) (fam) ( amorío) affair

2) ( fardo) bundle

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= mess, jumble, hassle, cock-up, bedlam, snarl, snarl-up, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, palaver, predicament, rigmarole [rigamarole].

Ex: 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.

Ex: Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.

Ex: The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.

Ex: The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.

Ex: In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.

Ex: His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.

Ex: However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.

Ex: A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.

Ex: Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.

Ex: Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.

Ex: Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.

Ex: The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.

* armar el lío = make + trouble.

* armar un lío = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.

* en un lío = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl.

* estar hecho un lío = be at sixes and sevens with.

* lío amoroso = fling.

* meterse en líos = get into + trouble.

* meterse en un lío = be in trouble, get into + a predicament.

* no meterse en líos = keep out of + trouble.

* ¡qué lío! = what a palaver!.

* tener un lío amoroso = have + an affair, have + a fling.

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lío

masculine

A

1 ( fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess

¡qué lío! ¡esto no hay quién lo entienda! what a mess! this is totally incomprehensible

se hizo un lío con las cuentas she got into a mess o a muddle o she got confused with the accounts ( colloq)

2 ( fam)

(problema, complicación): tiene líos con la policía he is in trouble with the police ( colloq)

no me vengas con tus líos don't come to me with your problems

¡qué lío se va a armar! there's going to be hell to pay! ( colloq), the shit is really going to hit the fan (sl)

armó un lío tremendo porque le sirvieron la sopa fría he created o kicked up a real fuss because his soup was cold ( colloq)

si no obedeces te vas a meter en un buen lío if you don't do as you're told, you're going to get into a lot of trouble o to land yourself in serious trouble

no vengas aquí buscando líos don't come here looking for trouble ( colloq)

3 ( fam) (amorío) affair

tuvo un lío con una periodista famosa he had an affair o ( colloq) a fling with a famous journalist

B (fardo) bundle

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Del verbo liar: ( conjugate liar)

lío es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

lió es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
liar
lío
liar ( conjugate liar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹ cigarrillo› to roll

b) ( atar) to tie (up);

( envolver) to wrap (up);
(en un fardo, manojo) to bundle (up)
2 (fam)
a) ‹situación/asunto› to complicate

b) ( confundir) ‹ persona› to confuse, get … in a muddle

c) ( en un asunto) ‹ persona› to involve

liarse verbo pronominal
1 (fam)
a) [ asunto] to get complicated

b) [ persona] to get confused

2 (Esp fam)
a) ( entretenerse):

◊ nos liamos a hablar y … we got talking and …

b) ( emprenderla):

◊ se líoon a golpes they started throwing punches at each other

lío sustantivo masculino
1
a) (fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess;

◊ armarse/hacerse un lío (con algo) to get into a mess (with sth) (colloq)

b) (fam) (problema, complicación) trouble;

◊ meterse en un lío to get oneself into trouble;

tiene líos con la policía he's in trouble with the police (colloq);
¡qué lío se va a armar! there's going to be hell to pay! (colloq)
c) (fam) ( amorío) affair

2 ( fardo) bundle
liar verbo transitivo
1 (envolver) to wrap up
(un cigarro) to roll
2 (embrollar) to muddle up
(aturdir) to confuse
lío sustantivo masculino
1 fam (desorden) mess, muddle
2 fam (romance) affair
3 (de ropa, etc) bundle
♦ Locuciones: armar un lío, to kick up a fuss
hacerse líos con, to get mixed up
meterse en un lío, to get into trouble
' lío' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
avispero
- barullo
- berenjenal
- buena
- bueno
- enredarse
- follón
- gorda
- gordo
- meterse
- mogollón
- monumental
- petate
- tinglado
- tomate
- trapisonda
- armar
- bochinche
- bronca
- desenredar
- despelote
- enredado
- enredar
- enredo
- menudo
- meter
- pedo
- pelotera
- quilombo
English:
carry-on
- cock-up
- fuss
- hassle
- hot
- hot water
- jam
- kick up
- mess
- misunderstanding
- mix-up
- muddle
- palaver
- pickle
- rigmarole
- scrape
- screw-up
- tangle
- to-do
- trouble
- ungodly
- water
- bundle
- get
- havoc
- mix
- muddled
- rumpus
- stink
- stir
- to
- wad

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lío nm

1. Fam [enredo] mess;

esto de la declaración de hacienda es un lío filling in your tax return is a real pain o Br palaver;

hacerse un lío to get muddled up;

son tantos hermanos que siempre me armo un lío con sus nombres there are so many different brothers, I always get their names muddled up;

estoy hecho un lío, no sé qué hacer I'm all confused, I don't know what to do

2. Fam [problema]
meterse en líos to get into trouble;

me he metido en un lío del que no sé salir I've got myself into a mess that I don't know how to get out of

3. Fam [jaleo] racket, row;

armar un lío to kick up a fuss

4. Fam [amorío] affair;

está casado pero tiene un lío con alguien del trabajo he's married, but he's having an affair with someone from work

Comp

tener un lío de faldas to be having an affair

5. [paquete] bundle

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lío

m

1 bundle

2 fam ( desorden) mess;

lío amoroso fam affair;

estar hecho un lío be all confused;

hacerse un lío get into a muddle;

meterse en líos get into trouble

3 fam ( jaleo) fuss;

armar un lío fam kick up a fuss fam

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lío nm, fam

1) : confusion, mess

2) : hassle, trouble, jam

meterse en un lío: to get into a jam

3) : affair, liason

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lío n

1. (desorden) mess

tiene la habitación hecha un lío his room is in a right mess

2. (problema) trouble

se ha metido en un buen lío she's in big trouble

se va a armar un lío there's going to be trouble

hacerse un lío to get into a muddle

Spanish-English dictionary > lío
15 enredo

m.

1 tangle, knot (maraña).

2 mess, complicated affair.

comedia de enredo (Teatro & Cine) farce

3 (love) affair (amoroso).

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: enredar.

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enredo

► nombre masculino

1 (maraña) tangle

2 (confusión) mess, muddle, confusion, mix-up

3 (engaño) deceit

4 (travesura) mischief

5 (amoroso) love affair

6 LITERATURA plot

■ comedia de enredo comedy of intrigue

► nombre masculino plural enredos

1 familiar (trastos) bits and pieces

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noun m.

1) mess

2) tangle

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SM

1) [de hilos, cuerda] tangle

un enredo de pelos — a tangle of hair

2) [de datos] [gen] maze, tangle; (=confusión) mix-up

3) (=laberinto) maze

4) (=asunto turbio) shady business

5) (=amorío) love affair

6) (=implicación) embroilment, involvement

7) [en novela] complicated situation

8) pl enredos (=intrigas) intrigues; (=mentiras) mischief sing, mischievous lies

comedia de enredo(s) — comedy of intrigue

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masculino

a) ( de hilos) tangle; ( en el pelo) tangle, knot

b) ( embrollo)

tengo un enredo en las cuentas... — my accounts are in a terrible mess

está metido en un enredo de dólares — he's involved in some shady currency deals

c) (fam) ( lío amoroso) affair

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= tangle, snarl, snarl-up, snare, kink.

Ex. This project is designed to enable users everywhere to navigate through the information technology tangle.

Ex. His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.

Ex. However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.

Ex. Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.

Ex. She died at 37 weeks due to a kink in her umbilical cord.

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* armar enredos = make + trouble.

* enredo de lengua = slip of the tongue.

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masculino

a) ( de hilos) tangle; ( en el pelo) tangle, knot

b) ( embrollo)

tengo un enredo en las cuentas... — my accounts are in a terrible mess

está metido en un enredo de dólares — he's involved in some shady currency deals

c) (fam) ( lío amoroso) affair

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= tangle, snarl, snarl-up, snare, kink.

Ex: This project is designed to enable users everywhere to navigate through the information technology tangle.

Ex: His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.

Ex: However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.

Ex: Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.

Ex: She died at 37 weeks due to a kink in her umbilical cord.

* armar enredos = make + trouble.

* enredo de lengua = slip of the tongue.

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enredo

masculine

1 (de hilos) tangle; (en el pelo) tangle, knot

2

(embrollo): tengo un enredo en las cuentas … my accounts are in a terrible mess

los enredos burocráticos red tape

está metido en un enredo de dólares he's involved in some shady currency deals

armar enredos to make trouble, stir up trouble ( colloq)

3 ( fam) (lío amoroso) affair

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Del verbo enredar: ( conjugate enredar)

enredo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

enredó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
enredar
enredo
enredar ( conjugate enredar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹cuerdas/cables› to get … tangled up, tangle up

b) ( embarullar) ‹ persona› to muddle … up, confuse;

‹asunto/situación› to complicate
c) (fam) ( involucrar) enredo a algn en algo to get sb mixed up o caught up in sth

verbo intransitivo (fam)
a) ( intrigar) to make trouble, stir up trouble

b) (Esp) ( molestar) to fidget;

enredo con algo to fiddle (around) with sth
enredarse verbo pronominal
1 [lana/cuerda] to get tangled, become entangled;
[ pelo] to get tangled o knotted;
[ planta] to twist itself around
2 (fam)
a) ( en lío amoroso) enredose con algn to get involved with sb

b) ( involucrarse) enredose en algo to get mixed up o involved in sth

c) (fam) ( embarullarse) to get mixed up, get muddled up

enredo sustantivo masculino
a) ( de hilos) tangle;

( en el pelo) tangle, knot
b) ( embrollo) mess;

◊ tengo un enredo en las cuentas … my accounts are in a terrible mess

c) (fam) ( lío amoroso) affair

enredar verbo transitivo
1 (cables, cuerdas, pelo) to entangle, tangle up
2 (un asunto, situación) to confuse, complicate
3 fig (implicar en algo ilegal, turbio) to involve [en, in], to mix up [en, in]
4 (convencer, liar) lo enredaron para presentarse a las elecciones, they talked him into being a candidate in the election
enredo sustantivo masculino
1 (maraña) tangle
2 (asunto lioso) muddle, mess, mix up
3 (amorío) affair
' enredo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
berenjenal
- embrollo
- enredarse
- tejemaneje
- tinglado
- tramoya
- greña
English:
mire
- tangle

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enredo nm

1. [en cuerdas, madeja, pelo] tangle

2. [de una situación] mess, complicated affair;

¡en menudo enredo me he metido! this is a fine mess I've got myself into!

3. [en la mente, al expresarse] muddle;

tengo un enredo tremendo de fechas o [m5] con las fechas I've got into a terrific muddle over the dates

4. [asunto ilícito] shady affair

5. [amoroso] (love) affair, entanglement;

tener un enredo con alguien to have an affair with sb, to be involved with sb

6. [mentira, intriga] mischief-making

7. Lit plot

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enredo

m

1 tangle

2 ( confusión) mess, confusion

3 ( intriga) intrigue

4 amoroso affair

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enredo nm

1) embrollo: muddle, confusion

2) maraña: tangle

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enredo n

1. (lío, confusión) mess

2. (maraña) tangle

Spanish-English dictionary > enredo
16 envedijarse

pron.v.

1 to get entangled.

2 (coll.) To wrangle.

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envedijarse

► verbo pronominal

1 to get tangled

2 figurado to quarrel

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VPR

1) (=enredarse) [pelo] to get tangled; [ovillo] to get tangled, become entangled

2) [personas] to come to blows

Spanish-English dictionary > envedijarse
17 trabar

v.

1 to fasten.

2 to join.

3 to strike up (iniciar) (conversación, amistad).

4 to obstruct, to hinder.

5 to thicken.

6 to jam, to block, to lock.

7 to latch on, to link, to join.

8 to engage in.

Trabar combate Engage in combat.

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trabar

► verbo transitivo

1 (unir) to join, link

2 (sujetar) to lock, fasten

3 (mecanismo) to jam

4 (prender a alguien) to shackle

5 (líquido, salsa) to thicken

6 (caballería) to hobble

7 figurado (empezar) to start

8 figurado (conversación, amistad) to strike up

9 figurado (enlazar) to connect, relate, link

■ durante la reunión trabaron ideas they gave coherence to their ideas during the meeting

10 figurado (impedir) to impede, hinder, shackle

► verbo pronominal trabarse

1 (enredarse) to get tangled up

2 (mecanismo) to jam

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FRASEOLOGÍA

trabársele la lengua a alguien to get tongue-tied

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1. VT

1) [+ puerta, ventana] [para que quede cerrada] to wedge shut; [para que quede abierta] to wedge open

trabó la puerta con una silla para que no entrara — he wedged the door shut with a chair to stop her getting in

trabó la pata de la mesa con una madera — she wedged a piece of wood under the table leg

2) [+ salsa, líquido] to thicken

3) (Carpintería) to join; (Constr) to point

4) (=comenzar) [+ conversación, debate] to start (up), strike up; [+ batalla] to join

trabar amistad — to strike up a friendship

5) (=enlazar)

una serie de razonamientos muy bien trabados — a tightly woven o very well constructed argument

6) (=obstaculizar) to hold back

la falta de recursos ha trabado el desarrollo de la investigación — research has been held back by the lack of funds

7) [+ caballo] to hobble

8) [+ sierra] to set

9) CAm, Caribe (=engañar) to deceive

2. VI

1) [planta] to take

2) [ancla, garfio] to grip

3.

See:

trabarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <puerta/ventana> ( para que no se abra) to hold... shut; ( para que no se cierre) to hold... back o open

b) < vigas> to tie, connect

c) < caballo> to hobble

2)

a) < conversación> to strike up, start; <amistad/relación> to strike up

han trabado una gran amistad — they've become great friends

b) < historia> to weave together

3) <proceso/negociaciones> to impede o hamper the progress of
2.
trabarse v pron

1) cajón/cierre to get jammed o stuck

se le traba la lengua — he gets tongue-tied

2) ( enzarzarse)

trabarse en algo — to get involved in something

3) (Col, Ven arg) ( con droga) to get high o stoned (colloq)

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= lock together, interlock.

Ex. As the water was draining away between the wires of the sieve, he gave the mould a sideways shake locking the fibres together and 'shutting' the sheet.

Ex. Panopoulos put her arms on the desk, interlocked her fingers, and forward, her eyes glinting with rage behind her thick spectacles.

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* trabar amistad = bond.

* trabar amistad con = chum with, strike up + friendship with, establish + familiarity con.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <puerta/ventana> ( para que no se abra) to hold... shut; ( para que no se cierre) to hold... back o open

b) < vigas> to tie, connect

c) < caballo> to hobble

2)

a) < conversación> to strike up, start; <amistad/relación> to strike up

han trabado una gran amistad — they've become great friends

b) < historia> to weave together

3) <proceso/negociaciones> to impede o hamper the progress of
2.
trabarse v pron

1) cajón/cierre to get jammed o stuck

se le traba la lengua — he gets tongue-tied

2) ( enzarzarse)

trabarse en algo — to get involved in something

3) (Col, Ven arg) ( con droga) to get high o stoned (colloq)

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= lock together, interlock.

Ex: As the water was draining away between the wires of the sieve, he gave the mould a sideways shake locking the fibres together and 'shutting' the sheet.

Ex: Panopoulos put her arms on the desk, interlocked her fingers, and forward, her eyes glinting with rage behind her thick spectacles.

* trabar amistad = bond.

* trabar amistad con = chum with, strike up + friendship with, establish + familiarity con.

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trabar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹puerta/ventana› (para que no se abra) to hold … shut; (para que no se cierre) to hold … back o open

trabó la puerta con una silla she jammed the door open with a chair

2 ‹vigas› to tie, connect

3 ‹historia› to weave together

4 ‹caballo› to hobble

B ‹salsa› to thicken

C ‹conversación› to strike up, start; ‹amistad/relación› to strike up, form

han trabado una gran amistad they've become great friends

D ‹desarrollo/negociaciones› to impede o hamper the progress of

■ trabarse

v pron

A «cajón/cierre/puerta» to get jammed o stuck

se le traba la lengua cuando se pone nervioso he gets tongue-tied when he's nervous

B

(enzarzarse): trabarse EN algo to get involved IN sth

no quiero trabarme en una discusión contigo I don't want to get involved in o get into an argument with you

C (Col, Ven arg) (con droga) to get high o stoned ( colloq)

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trabar ( conjugate trabar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹puerta/ventana› ( para que no se abra) to hold … shut;

( para que no se cierre) to hold … back o open
b) ‹ caballo› to hobble

2
a) ‹conversación/amistad/relación› to strike up

b) ‹ historia› to weave together

3 ‹proceso/negociaciones› to hamper the progress of
trabarse verbo pronominal [cajón/cierre] to get jammed o stuck;
◊ se le traba la lengua he gets tongue-tied

trabar verbo transitivo
1 (entrelazar dos piezas) to bond, join
2 (impedir el movimiento) to block
(una acción, un proyecto) to obstruct
3 (empezar una conversación, disputa, amistad) to strike up
4 Culin to thicken

' trabar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
conversación
- sujetar
English:
friend
- make
- strike up
- strike

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trabar

♦ vt

1. [unir] [palabras, ideas] to join;

trabar varios argumentos to tie several arguments together;

un discurso bien trabado a well-constructed speech

2. [iniciar] [conversación, amistad] to strike up;

trabaron amistad en 1987 they became friends in 1987;

el acuerdo trabado entre ambos países the agreement established between the two countries

3. [salsa] to thicken

4. [sujetar] [en general] to immobilize;
[puerta, ventana] [abierta] to wedge open; [cerrada] to wedge shut; [preso] to shackle;
troncos de madera trabados entre sí tree trunks lashed together

5. RP [con cerrojo] to bolt;
[con llave] to lock; [con tranca] to bar
6. [obstaculizar] to obstruct, to hinder;

las negociaciones quedaron trabadas the negotiations became deadlocked

♦ See also the pronominal verb trabarse

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trabar

v/t conversación, amistad strike up

* * *

trabar vt

1) : to join, to connect

2) : to impede, to hold back

3) : to strike up (a conversation), to form (a friendship)

4) : to thicken (sauces)

♦ See also the reflexive verb trabarse

Spanish-English dictionary > trabar
18 asombrarse

• be astonished

• become amazed

• become astonished

• become astounded

• get bewildered

• get sunburned

• get tangled

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > asombrarse
19 atascarse

atascarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (bloquearse) to get blocked, get blocked up, get clogged

■ la tubería se atascó con la porquería the pipe got blocked up with dirt

2 (mecanismo) to jam, get jammed, get stuck

3 figurado (estancarse) to get tangled up, get bogged down

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VPR

1) [en lodazal] to get stuck; (Aut) to get into a jam; [motor] to stall

se quedó atascado a mitad de la cuesta — he got stuck halfway up the climb

2) (fig) (=no poder seguir) to get bogged down; [en discurso] to dry up *

3) [cañería] to get clogged up

4) LAm (Med) to have an internal blockage

* * *

(v.) = be hung up on

Ex. As for the question of main entry, I think we're hung up on the terminology.

* * *

(v.) = be hung up on

Ex: As for the question of main entry, I think we're hung up on the terminology.

* * *

■atascarse verbo reflexivo
1 (obstruirse) to become obstructed o blocked
2 fig (quedarse bloqueado) to get bogged down
' atascarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atorarse
- atascar
English:
bog down
- jam
- mire
- stick
- clog
- stall

* * *

vpr

1. [tubería] to get blocked up;

se ha atascado el retrete the toilet is blocked

2. [mecanismo] to get stuck o jammed;

se atascó la puerta y no pudimos abrirla the door got stuck o jammed and we couldn't get it open

3. [detenerse] to get stuck;

el camión quedó atascado en la carretera the truck got stuck on the road

4. [al hablar]
recitó toda la lista sin atascarse she reeled off the whole list without hesitating once;

se atascó al pronunciar mi nombre he got his tongue tied in a knot when he tried to say my name

5. Fam [asunto, proyecto] to get bogged down

6. Méx Fam [atiborrarse] to stuff oneself;

nomás vinieron a la fiesta a atascarse they only came to the party to stuff themselves

7. Méx Fam [ensuciarse] to get in a mess;

siempre que comen espaguetis, los escuincles se atascan whenever they eat spaghetti, the kids get into a real mess

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atascarse

v/r

1 de mecanismo jam, stick; de cañería get blocked;

se ha atascado el tubo the pipe’s blocked

2 al hablar dry up

* * *

vr

1) : to become obstructed

2) : to get bogged down

3) pararse: to stall

* * *

atascarse vb

1. (no poder moverse) to get stuck

el coche se atascó en el barro the car got stuck in the mud

2. (obstruirse) to get blocked

el fregadero se ha atascado the sink has got blocked

3. (mecanismo) to jam [pt. & pp. jammed]

la llave se ha atascado en la cerradura the key's jammed in the lock

Spanish-English dictionary > atascarse
20 confuso

adj.

1 confused, addled, bewildered, muddle-headed.

2 confusing, perplexing, tangled, confusional.

3 confused, blurry, blurred, obscure.

4 confused, cluttered, disordered, mixed-up.

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confuso

► adjetivo

1 (ideas) confused

2 (estilo etc) obscure, confused

3 (recuerdos, formas) vague, blurred

4 (mezclado) mixed up

5 figurado (turbado) confused, embarrassed

* * *

(f. - confusa)

adj.

confused

* * *

ADJ

1) (=poco claro) [ideas, noticias] confused; [recuerdo] hazy; [ruido] indistinct; [imagen] blurred

tiene las ideas muy confusas — he has very confused ideas, his ideas are very mixed up

llegaban noticias confusas — confused reports were coming in

una situación muy confusa — a very confused situation

2) (=desconcertado) confused

nunca lo había visto tan confuso — I had never seen him so confused

no sé qué decir, estoy confuso — I don't know what to say, I'm overwhelmed

* * *

- sa adjetivo

a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused

b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused

* * *

= confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.

Ex. The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.

Ex. The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.

Ex. Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.

Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.

Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.

Ex. This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.

Ex. The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.

Ex. At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.

Ex. While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.

Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.

Ex. The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.

Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.

Ex. She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.

Ex. Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.

Ex. The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.

Ex. Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.

Ex. Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.

Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.

Ex. On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.

Ex. The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.

Ex. The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.

Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.

Ex. He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.

Ex. They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.

Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.

Ex. Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.

Ex. Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.

Ex. Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.

Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.

Ex. I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.

Ex. This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.

Ex. Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.

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* de manera confusa = hazily.

* estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.

* masa confusa = mush.

* resultar confuso = prove + confusing.

* sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.

* ser confuso = be deceiving.

* surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.

* todo confuso = in a state of disarray.

* * *

- sa adjetivo

a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused

b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused

* * *

= confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.

Ex: The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.

Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.

Ex: Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.

Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.

Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.

Ex: This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.

Ex: The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.

Ex: At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.

Ex: While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.

Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.

Ex: The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.

Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.

Ex: She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.

Ex: Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.

Ex: The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.

Ex: Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.

Ex: Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.

Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.

Ex: On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.

Ex: The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.

Ex: The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.

Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.

Ex: He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.

Ex: They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.

Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.

Ex: Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.

Ex: Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.

Ex: Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.

Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.

Ex: I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.

Ex: This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.

Ex: Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.

* de manera confusa = hazily.

* estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.

* masa confusa = mush.

* resultar confuso = prove + confusing.

* sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.

* ser confuso = be deceiving.

* surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.

* todo confuso = in a state of disarray.

* * *

confuso -sa

adjective

1 ‹idea/texto› confused; ‹recuerdo› confused, hazy; ‹imagen› blurred, hazy

dio una explicación muy confusa he gave a very confused explanation

las noticias son confusas reports are confused

2 (turbado) embarrassed, confused

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confuso
◊ -sa adjetivo

a) ‹idea/texto/explicación› confused;

‹ recuerdo› confused, hazy;
‹ imagen› blurred, hazy;
‹ información› confused
b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused

confuso,-a adjetivo
1 (idea, argumento, etc) confused, unclear
2 (desconcertado) confused, perplexed
' confuso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
confusa
- apabullar
- despistado
- enmarañado
English:
confused
- confusing
- flounder
- fuzzy
- garbled
- indistinct
- mixed-up
- muddy
- spin
- unclear
- foggy
- hazy
- muddled

* * *

confuso, -a adj

1. [poco claro] [clamor, griterío] confused;
[contorno, forma, imagen] blurred; [explicación] confused
2. [turbado] confused, bewildered;

estar confuso to be confused o bewildered

* * *

confuso

adj confused

* * *

confuso, -sa adj

1) : confused, mixed-up

2) : obscure, indistinct

* * *

confuso adj

1. (persona) confused

estoy confuso I'm confused

2. (instrucciones, explicación, etc) confused / confusing

una situación muy confusa a very confusing situation

Spanish-English dictionary > confuso

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